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Yay, Friday Night ONT!
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at January 16, 2026 10:02 PM (lUFok) Posted by: mindful webworker - and away we go at January 16, 2026 10:02 PM (FMpsC) 3
Good evening good people.
Posted by: Tonypete at January 16, 2026 10:02 PM (cYBz/) 4
On a more mercenary note;
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 16, 2026 10:03 PM (3UR/I) 5
Hello, Horde! 😊💕
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at January 16, 2026 10:03 PM (SRRAx) Posted by: mindful webworker - and away we go at January 16, 2026 10:04 PM (FMpsC) 7
Sorry I'm late, Pinocchio wantes to borrow a can of Raid.
Posted by: tankdemon at January 16, 2026 10:04 PM (nYv2H) 8
Regarding the man filming his daughter - I took a terrific photography class during college. We did all kinds of very cool stuff: sound activated shutters, super long exposures, high speed objects, etc. Lots of fun.
Our professor warned us though - he said something like, you can either photograph an event or experience it - never both. Posted by: Tonypete at January 16, 2026 10:05 PM (cYBz/) 9
I think that map showing the nice clean straight line of the western USA demonstrates exactly why we can't add Alberta.
Without BC & SK. Posted by: mindful webworker - it's the maine thing at January 16, 2026 10:05 PM (FMpsC) 10
We need to cut California off that map too. Does Australia have any rational territories we could trade it for?
Posted by: tankdemon at January 16, 2026 10:06 PM (nYv2H) Posted by: tankdemon at January 16, 2026 10:07 PM (nYv2H) 12
Detained by Desire. Good one, lol.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 16, 2026 10:09 PM (n4Qav) 13
Canada has one coast to coast highway, a little bit north of the border. If Alberta were to join the US it would really fuck things up for Canada.
Posted by: davidt at January 16, 2026 10:09 PM (Q+gd/) 14
Shite. Reading content like a fooking newbie. Could have been #3. *i read the content, and clicked the linkies* Nice ONT Wierd Dave, thank you. Posted by: BifBewalski - at January 16, 2026 10:10 PM (QVmho) 15
In re: Artillery barrage:
What if the problem is that you have run out of 155mm ammo? Posted by: tankdemon at January 16, 2026 10:07 PM (nYv2H) Build AWFL trebuchets. We never seem to run out of AWFLs. Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at January 16, 2026 10:10 PM (S/Y4j) 16
I assume the idiot who got shot is D.E.A.D.
Posted by: browndog on the Maid of the Mist at January 16, 2026 10:11 PM (TTAGa) 17
Evenin'
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at January 16, 2026 10:11 PM (hybOl) Posted by: Iris at January 16, 2026 10:12 PM (bOJ2I) 19
I am never going to be able to hear "Chariots Of Fire" the same way again. Thanks a lot.
Of course, you can also set "Amazing Grace" and "Oh Little Town of Bethlehem" to "House of the Rising Sun", so.... Confession: I was such a nerd that even as a young 'ette I used to look at the back of the Methodist Hymnal to see which hymns were set to the same tunes... Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at January 16, 2026 10:14 PM (SRRAx) 20
Good one, Mr. WeirdDave. Couldn't stop perusing long enough to drop an egregious dull comment.
Posted by: mindful webworker - and now I did at January 16, 2026 10:14 PM (FMpsC) 21
Thanks for the ONT, WD!
Posted by: LRob in OK at January 16, 2026 10:15 PM (47diA) 22
What if the problem is that you have run out of 155mm ammo?
Posted by: tankdemon If you have already gone to direct fire and then have run out of shells, you have way bigger problems than just the shells. Posted by: Tonypete at January 16, 2026 10:16 PM (cYBz/) 23
Ok, I don't get the AP pizza. is it Chicago grammar vs AP grammar?
Posted by: Iris at January 16, 2026 10:12 PM (bOJ2I) Chicago Book of Style vs Associated Press? Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 16, 2026 10:16 PM (n4Qav) 24
That bird doing the spin midair was kind of cool. I'm guessing he is a hawk and his name is Tony.
Posted by: tankdemon at January 16, 2026 10:17 PM (nYv2H) 25
Had to ask MiladyJo on the pizza one. Style guides, she guesses. Oh, yeah. Ok. Chicago style guide was outside my frame of reference.
Doesn't the AP style guide insist on they/them pronouns? And no Oxford commas? 🙄 Posted by: mindful webworker - all the stuff I used to know at January 16, 2026 10:18 PM (FMpsC) 26
Heh.
Enjoy your trip to Florida to see the manatees. Posted by: Diogenes at January 16, 2026 10:19 PM (2WIwB) 27
"Honey, can you stop and pick up dinner on the way home?"
I haven't done much fishin', but my thought was, that looks kinda small. Then he threw it back. Maybe I ain't as unfisherman as I think I be? Posted by: mindful webworker - good catch, though, at January 16, 2026 10:20 PM (FMpsC) 28
I don't get the pizza one.
But I guess that means my sense of humor has room to grow. This is good Posted by: Fen at January 16, 2026 10:21 PM (ciYHQ) 29
Ents? Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at January 16, 2026 10:22 PM (QOikT) 30
That dog "purring" is pretty darn cute!
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at January 16, 2026 10:22 PM (SRRAx) 31
11 In re: Artillery barrage:
What if the problem is that you have run out of 155mm ammo? Posted by: tankdemon at January 16, 2026 10:07 PM (nYv2H) Well then, you call the big boys. 8 inch howitzers when you want to send the very best. Posted by: Diogenes at January 16, 2026 10:22 PM (2WIwB) 32
9 I think that map showing the nice clean straight line of the western USA demonstrates exactly why we can't add Alberta.
Without BC & SK. Posted by: mindful webworker - it's the maine thing --- Ad a little here, cut some slack over there, make Putri Rico a state and you've got DEMOCRACY. Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 16, 2026 10:23 PM (3UR/I) 33
There are worse gifts than a trip to Florida to see the manatees.
At my mother's former residence, there was a dock out back that I occasionally fished off of. Every so often we would have some manatees come by to visit while doing so. Very fun to see them float by. Posted by: tankdemon at January 16, 2026 10:23 PM (nYv2H) 34
There are times I wish I had gone 13B. Fucking redlegs can fuck shit up.
I did basic at Fort Sill. my buddies and I arrived at reception station to the sound of live fire, at 0100. My MOS was 91A/B (medic). Yes. I am that old. Now it's 68 W or some shit. Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at January 16, 2026 10:23 PM (0aYVJ) 35
Malory Archer RIP
Posted by: Dark Litigator at January 16, 2026 10:23 PM (KAi1n) Posted by: Ladyl at January 16, 2026 10:23 PM (D6+4s) Posted by: JQ at January 16, 2026 10:24 PM (rdVOm) 38
What if the problem is that you have run out of 155mm ammo?
Posted by: tankdemon at January 16, 2026 10:07 PM (nYv2H) * Warthog has entered the chat * Posted by: Fen at January 16, 2026 10:26 PM (ciYHQ) 39
Of course, you can also set "Amazing Grace" and "Oh Little Town of Bethlehem" to "House of the Rising Sun", so....
The "Gilligans Island" theme fits in that mix as well. "Amazing grace" to the "Gilligans Island" theme is quite a hoot. Posted by: Cheerful Reprobate at January 16, 2026 10:26 PM (8JzZF) 40
I wonder if that bird was twirling madly on purpose. I'd like to see a few more seconds post-landing. Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 16, 2026 10:27 PM (x4Mz/) 41
7 Sorry I'm late, Pinocchio wantes to borrow a can of Raid.
Posted by: tankdemon at January 16, 2026 10:04 PM (nYv2H) Sorry. When I saw on the internet that those were termites, not crabs, it became an emergency. Posted by: Pinocchio at January 16, 2026 10:28 PM (w/O5Q) 42
There are times I wish I had gone 13B. Fucking redlegs can fuck shit up.
I did basic at Fort Sill. my buddies and I arrived at reception station to the sound of live fire, at 0100. My MOS was 91A/B (medic). Yes. I am that old. Now it's 68 W or some shit. Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at January 16, 2026 10:23 PM (0aYVJ) *** When I was commissioned, it was for a regular army slot in military intelligence. As part of the process back then, I did a year detail in field artillery so I did my OBC at Ft Sill. Artillery is just awesome!!! Loved every minute of it. Was able to spend half my career as the S2 or G2 of artillery units. Posted by: Diogenes at January 16, 2026 10:28 PM (2WIwB) 43
Ents?
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug There is unrest in the forest Trouble with the trees For the maples want more sunlight And the oaks ignore their pleas Posted by: Fen at January 16, 2026 10:28 PM (ciYHQ) 44
Rents are from Lord of the Rings, right? The giant tree people?
I never have been able to get into those books - then again, my knowledge of classic literature is pretty much non-existent. The year I would have gotten a good grounding in that the only times the class was offered at my high school were also the only times the 2 advanced science classes I wanted to take were offered. So science it was. Engineering curriculum in college didn't require any literature courses, and after that I was busy studying and being a new bride. I read, but just never got around to reading the classics. Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at January 16, 2026 10:29 PM (SRRAx) 45
MN regime change, not sale to Canada
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at January 16, 2026 10:29 PM (xcxpd) 46
Confession: I was such a nerd that even as a young 'ette I used to look at the back of the Methodist Hymnal to see which hymns were set to the same tunes...
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. ----------- Yesterday's compliment is today's lawsuit. Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 16, 2026 10:29 PM (3UR/I) 47
31 11 In re: Artillery barrage:
What if the problem is that you have run out of 155mm ammo? Posted by: tankdemon at January 16, 2026 10:07 PM (nYv2H) ---- Well, if you have the USS Iowa offshore.... Posted by: clarence at January 16, 2026 10:29 PM (f2oT+) 48
Good evening morons y gracias wd por el ONT
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 16, 2026 10:32 PM (RIvkX) 49
Canada: (Looks at the mess in Minnesota) Oh, HELL no!
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at January 16, 2026 10:32 PM (sS8Vs) 50
Greetings All
Thank you for ONT Weird Dave Coupla questions: What are ENTs? Maybe somebody has already asked and answered so no need to repeat if so. Second - I don't get the Chicago vs AP pizza. Be back later to read thru all comments as is my wont... Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 16, 2026 10:32 PM (QGaXH) 51
Hey Theresa! How are you, girl?
Posted by: Ladyl at January 16, 2026 10:32 PM (D6+4s) 52
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I wonder if that bird was twirling madly on purpose. I'd like to see a few more seconds post-landing. Posted by: Blonde Morticia It was a tumbler pigeon. Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 16, 2026 10:33 PM (vzcgi) 53
Not a fan of Chicago pizza. The best I can say about it is that it's better than that Hawaiian pizza with pineapple.
Posted by: nerdygirl at January 16, 2026 10:33 PM (0Htd1) 54
I always liked the Ents, was rooting for them the whole time
Posted by: Zeera , Damn Right I voted for all of this! at January 16, 2026 10:34 PM (pscAN) 55
What are ENTs? Maybe somebody has already asked and answered so no need to repeat if so. Tree herders from Tolkien's Lord of the Rings trilogy. Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 16, 2026 10:34 PM (vzcgi) 56
Evening all.
FBI Raids Washington Post Reporter’s Home in Classified Leak Probe In a statement posted on X, Patel said the FBI moved after uncovering evidence that a journalist had been receiving and publishing sensitive information from a Pentagon-linked government contractor, potentially endangering U.S. military operations abroad. THAT IS TREASON https://tinyurl.com/y3ntabce Posted by: rickb223 at January 16, 2026 10:35 PM (sui1r) 57
I mean, I like James O'Keefe but have you ever noticed he never tries to honeypot chicks?
He is constantly edging with dudes. Too much smoke there. Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at January 16, 2026 10:35 PM (xcxpd) 58
Teresa,
I've tried three times to start The Hobbit and quit somewhere around page 80. Just can't do it. I do pick up various Lit stories from time to time though and enjoy them. Posted by: Diogenes at January 16, 2026 10:35 PM (2WIwB) Posted by: Tonypete at January 16, 2026 10:35 PM (cYBz/) 60
59 A Ladyl sighting!
Almost as rare as an honest dem. Posted by: Tonypete at January 16, 2026 10:35 PM (cYBz/) I'm gonna try to visit more often! How are ya? Posted by: Ladyl at January 16, 2026 10:36 PM (D6+4s) 61
56 Evening all.
FBI Raids Washington Post Reporter’s Home in Classified Leak Probe In a statement posted on X, Patel said the FBI moved after uncovering evidence that a journalist had been receiving and publishing sensitive information from a Pentagon-linked government contractor, potentially endangering U.S. military operations abroad. THAT IS TREASON https://tinyurl.com/y3ntabce Posted by: rickb223 at January 16, 2026 10:35 PM (sui1r) Well...WaPo reporter...they do this. Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at January 16, 2026 10:36 PM (xcxpd) 62
16 I assume the idiot who got shot is D.E.A.D.
Posted by: browndog on the Maid of the Mist at January 16, 2026 10:11 PM (TTAGa) I believe the proper Law Enforcement term is DRT. As in "Dead rat there!" Posted by: Brewingfrog at January 16, 2026 10:37 PM (saXwr) 63
Ents are the shepherds/protectors of trees and wild forests, created by the Vala Yavanna specifically to defend plants against exploitation (originally foreseen as a counter to the Dwarves' hunger for wood and stone)
Posted by: Fen at January 16, 2026 10:38 PM (ciYHQ) 64
Of course, you can also set "Amazing Grace" and "Oh Little Town of Bethlehem" to "House of the Rising Sun", so....
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at January 16, 2026 10:14 PM (SRRAx) In fairness though... Amazing Grace - 1772 O Little Town of Bethlehem - 1868 House of the Rising Sun - 1930s Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 16, 2026 10:38 PM (ExV1e) Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 16, 2026 10:38 PM (RIvkX) 66
A friend raised pigeons when we were young.
If I recall correctly, he raised three types. Homing pigeons, raised for longest trips back to the coop. Racers, raised for fastest trip back to the coop. And Tumbler pigeons, who'd just do weird shit like in the video for no particular reason. Tumblers were my favorite. Posted by: From about That Time at January 16, 2026 10:39 PM (sl73Y) 67
Ladyl - staying out of trouble. Have a new(ish) grandson in Dallas, and I got a new wallet for Christmas.
You know, we live on the edge down here! Posted by: Tonypete at January 16, 2026 10:39 PM (cYBz/) 68
That Chicago Slop isn't pizza, it's a pot pie. A crime against all that is good, a waste of good dough, toppings, sauce and cheese. Toss that shit in The Lake.
Posted by: Mario's Pizza at January 16, 2026 10:40 PM (oftw2) 69
What are ENTs? Maybe somebody has already asked and answered so no need to repeat if so.
Tree herders from Tolkien's Lord of the Rings trilogy. Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 16, 2026 10:34 PM (vzcgi) Ents were, basically, giant sentient trees from Lord of the Rings. They acted as guardians of the forest. Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 16, 2026 10:41 PM (ExV1e) 70
Thnx and great ONT Dave!
Posted by: Mark in SC at January 16, 2026 10:41 PM (Vvo0d) 71
Y'ever wonder why they call it Longbottom leaf?
Posted by: The Ents at January 16, 2026 10:41 PM (w/O5Q) 72
Trump is bragging on X about supposedly getting Iran to NOT hang 800 people.
When thousands have been murdered. But at least Trump got to hang out with the Stanley Cup champs, and that's something we can all take pride in! Posted by: Don Black at January 16, 2026 10:42 PM (ZxPkt) 73
You know there was a reason that when we were more a serious country being gay was considered a serious security risk
Posted by: 18-1 at January 16, 2026 10:42 PM (sKqQm) 74
Ft Sill. Artillery is just awesome!!! Loved every minute of it. Was able to spend half my career as the S2 or G2 of artillery units.
Posted by: Diogenes at January 16, 2026 10:28 PM (2WIwB) Right? It was weird when I did not hear the whoomp and the thud. It sucks that my duty station in Germany was LANCE missile. A lot of driving around in the Spessart and pretending to shoot stuff at the Fulda Gap. Did get to see a live fire in Crete. Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at January 16, 2026 10:43 PM (0aYVJ) 75
I mean, I like James O'Keefe but have you ever noticed he never tries to honeypot chicks?
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at January 16, 2026 10:35 PM (xcxpd) The theory is that chicks don't give up secrets for the promise of sex. O'Keefe would have to hand them stacks of cash to get them to give up the info. DC Dudes, OTOH... Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 16, 2026 10:43 PM (ExV1e) 76
>>And Tumbler pigeons, who'd just do weird shit like in the video for no particular reason. Tumblers were my favorite.
Well, of course. Posted by: JackStraw at January 16, 2026 10:43 PM (viF8m) 77
I approve of the map up top. Minnesota can go to hell or Canada, I don't care.
Posted by: Case at January 16, 2026 10:44 PM (4rWc3) 78
67 Ladyl - staying out of trouble. Have a new(ish) grandson in Dallas, and I got a new wallet for Christmas.
You know, we live on the edge down here! Posted by: Tonypete at January 16, 2026 10:39 PM (cYBz/) Sounds grand to me! Posted by: Ladyl at January 16, 2026 10:44 PM (D6+4s) 79
I have enjoyed the ONT offerings. I know that dog noise. I have made that noise myself.
Posted by: Don Black at January 16, 2026 10:44 PM (ZxPkt) 80
I was watching a video about the impacts of nuclear war and obviously its a horrible possibility people have been considering for decades but one thing I haven't see commented on - would the animals that survived develop a higher tolerance to radiation then animals generally have now?
Presumably any mutation that would increase your resistance to damage from radiation would dramatically increase your changes of survival... Posted by: 18-1 at January 16, 2026 10:44 PM (sKqQm) 81
That Chicago Slop isn't pizza, it's a pot pie. A crime against all that is good, a waste of good dough, toppings, sauce and cheese. Toss that shit in The Lake.
Posted by: Mario's Pizza It is not good dough. It is Bisquick. Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 16, 2026 10:45 PM (/lPRQ) 82
I've tried three times to start The Hobbit and quit somewhere around page 80. Just can't do it.
I do pick up various Lit stories from time to time though and enjoy them. Posted by: Diogenes Tolkien wrote the Hobbit as a childrens book. The Lord of the Rings is not a kids book. That said , LOR is about 4 times as long as the Hobbit. Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 16, 2026 10:46 PM (vzcgi) 83
It sucks that my duty station in Germany was LANCE missile. A lot of driving around in the Spessart and pretending to shoot stuff at the Fulda Gap. Did get to see a live fire in Crete.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at January 16, 2026 10:43 PM (0aYVJ) I was at Herzo Base in Germany. Just two battalions there, an 8 inch (I was the S2) and a Lance Battalion. Also the 210th Group HQ. A great assignment! Posted by: Diogenes at January 16, 2026 10:46 PM (2WIwB) 84
Evening, WD, and ONT Horde.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 16, 2026 10:46 PM (8zz6B) 85
Great ONT - thanks WeirdDave
Also, no thank you to lumping BC into the trade. It is lovely, but as liberal as can be Posted by: 496 at January 16, 2026 10:46 PM (hdZBB) 86
he only times the class was offered at my high school
When I was in college, there was an English class that covered Tolkien and some other classic fantasy authors. I saw no reason whatsoever to have gone to college to do the work involved in a course like that, but I was interested in the topic. So I just showed up at the class and didnt do any of the work. I didnt completely think it through, though. The professor liked to have pop quizzes; whenever he announced that today was a quiz day, I would walk out, assuming that the fact that it was a giant pop-culture class with literally hundreds of students in an auditorium would hide me. It did not. The last time I walked out, he addressed me directly telling me I wasnt going to pass the course if I didnt take the tests. Which of course wasnt a problem, but it did threaten the anonymity I craved then and still do. I wouldve been that guy in 1776: The Musical who voted for independence just so that no one knew my name. Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at January 16, 2026 10:47 PM (EXyHK) 87
THAT IS TREASON https://tinyurl.com/y3ntabce Posted by: rickb223 ============== I'm delighted to see Patel and Bondi are on it. I hope that reporter is quaking in her boots. Doubtless another Awful Liberal (I don't care about the race and sex -- they're all guilty) who thought no one would ever bother her for such a mere trifle as treason. "We always got away with it before! When did the rules change?" Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 16, 2026 10:47 PM (x4Mz/) Posted by: 496 at January 16, 2026 10:48 PM (FqCIy) 89
I'm delighted to see Patel and Bondi are on it. I hope that reporter is quaking in her boots. Doubtless another Awful Liberal (I don't care about the race and sex -- they're all guilty) who thought no one would ever bother her for such a mere trifle as treason. "We always got away with it before! When did the rules change?"
Posted by: Blonde Morticia When ICE started using real bullets. 😂😂😂 Posted by: rickb223 at January 16, 2026 10:49 PM (sui1r) 90
The problem with Alberta is it's full of hosers. If they can't step up their game in the Stanley Cup we trade them to Russia.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 16, 2026 10:50 PM (BSdIE) 91
LoTR never mentions religion at any point throughout, and yet it is arguably one of the most Christian stories ever written.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 16, 2026 10:51 PM (hxusQ) 92
Heh.
Enjoy your trip to Florida to see the manatees. Posted by: Diogenes at That's when you have to decide either to tell him, or to take it to the grave with you. Posted by: From about That Time at January 16, 2026 10:51 PM (sl73Y) 93
include Saskatchewan as well as Alberta, those are the best and most conservative parts of Canada. Be careful with BC though, most of the land mass of BC is solidly conservative but has little population while the large urban centres (Vancouver, Victoria, much of Vancouver Island) are socialist shitholes that should be of no interest. And absolutely avoid the rest of Canada, it would be like importing another California
Posted by: Archer at January 16, 2026 10:52 PM (7o/iC) 94
Posted by: Diogenes at January 16, 2026 10:46 PM (2WIwB)
Aside from regular FTXs, our Arteps were at Wildflecken. Never got to experience Graff. Still, the artillery fire at Wildflecken was soothing. Like a thundershower on a summer night. Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at January 16, 2026 10:52 PM (0aYVJ) 95
Well then, you call the big boys. 8 inch howitzers when you want to send the very best.
Posted by: Diogenes at January 16, If that doesn’t work you call on ole Davy Crockett Posted by: Javems at January 16, 2026 10:52 PM (zFsEm) 96
I am all nostalgic for the Army now.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at January 16, 2026 10:53 PM (0aYVJ) 97
I mean, I like James O'Keefe but have you ever noticed he never tries to honeypot chicks? Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at January 16, 2026 10:35 PM (xcxpd) ------ The women expose their disloyalty on social media, and in presentations to friendly audiences. O'Keefe chases them down the street asking them to comment. Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at January 16, 2026 10:56 PM (XeO61) 98
I mean, I like James O'Keefe but have you ever noticed he never tries to honeypot chicks?
I vaguely recall seeing his GF in some pictures of him and...she is a dime. O'Keefe isn't the one flirting with gay lefties. Posted by: 18-1 at January 16, 2026 10:57 PM (sKqQm) 99
Aside from regular FTXs, our Arteps were at Wildflecken. Never got to experience Graff. Still, the artillery fire at Wildflecken was soothing. Like a thundershower on a summer night.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at January 16, 2026 10:52 PM (0aYVJ) Being the S2 in an 8 inch battalion meant I was the defacto FO since we didn't have any organic ones. Best job to have and I spent every Graf trip on the OPs. Coldest I've ever been though. And lots of wild boar. My only break was for NRAS. Posted by: Diogenes at January 16, 2026 10:57 PM (2WIwB) 100
— → publishing sensitive information from a Pentagon-linked government contractor
---- Specifically, who is the contractor? What company does he work for? Who hired him? Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 16, 2026 10:57 PM (3UR/I) 101
Canada has one coast to coast highway, a little bit north of the border. If Alberta were to join the US it would really fuck things up for Canada.
Posted by: davidt at January 16, 2026 10:09 PM (Q+gd/) It would be feasible to build a highway from northern Saskatchewan to link up with the Alcan Highway. But probably more practical to make the three main E/W highways (and railways) neutral territory insofar as the rights of way go. Treat them sort of like toll roads; an Alberta licence plate would let you enter/exit those highways at will, no stop required. Plate from any other province would be dinged for a fee for every entry and exit, save for highway rest stops and gas stations. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 16, 2026 10:58 PM (8zz6B) 102
Alberta, and a province to be named later.
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 16, 2026 10:59 PM (/F7JY) 103
When I was at the Falcon heavy demo launch, I’d been told don’t take any pictures. Just watch it. Amazing advice. I’d pass that along to anyone who’s going to a launch.
Posted by: Fritz (not Fritz) at January 16, 2026 11:01 PM (z3oKc) 104
That's a lame-o pizza pie. Can we give Chicago to Canada too? Put some gravy on it at least, sheesh.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 16, 2026 11:01 PM (BSdIE) 105
I am all nostalgic for the Army now.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at January 16, 2026 10:53 PM (0aYVJ) Use a buffer on the floor. Polish your boots. Make some SOS for breakfast. Have a bier. It'll pass. Posted by: Diogenes at January 16, 2026 11:01 PM (2WIwB) 106
That cop was awfully calm in light of the probability he was about to get in a gun fight.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 16, 2026 11:02 PM (KDPiq) Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 16, 2026 11:03 PM (3UR/I) Posted by: Methos at January 16, 2026 11:03 PM (vSvIl) 109
Chicago style pizza is not pizza.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 16, 2026 11:03 PM (KDPiq) 110
I'm still laughing about a meme about the Democrats' 2028 Presidential Primary. Maduro is ranked third, kicking Peter to 4th.
I know it's a joke, but it's also possible. Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at January 16, 2026 11:03 PM (S/Y4j) 111
include Saskatchewan as well as Alberta, those are the best and most conservative parts of Canada. Be careful with BC though, most of the land mass of BC is solidly conservative but has little population while the large urban centres (Vancouver, Victoria, much of Vancouver Island) are socialist shitholes that should be of no interest. And absolutely avoid the rest of Canada, it would be like importing another California
Posted by: Archer at January 16, 2026 10:52 PM (7o/iC) Great idea! I've met some ladies from Saskatchewan. Not everything is flat in Saskatchewan. Posted by: Diogenes at January 16, 2026 11:03 PM (2WIwB) 112
A bitch judge in Minnesota says ICE can't retaliate against protesters or stop drivers. The story is at Daily Mail. Posted by: fourseasons at January 16, 2026 11:03 PM (3ek7K) 113
The swap with Canada would resolve that Lake of the Woods thing.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 16, 2026 11:04 PM (ZVgZ4) 114
I think that cop shooting thing was staged: it’s too perfect.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 16, 2026 11:05 PM (ZVgZ4) 115
Well then, you call the big boys. 8 inch howitzers when you want to send the very best.
Posted by: Diogenes at January 16, That's what she said. Posted by: Opinion fact at January 16, 2026 11:06 PM (KDPiq) 116
73 You know there was a reason that when we were more a serious country being gay was considered a serious security risk Posted by: 18-1 at January 16, 2026 10:42 PM (sKqQm) --------- In the before time, the possibility of blackmail was cited as justification for a ban. Now that the gays are out and proud, they betray secrets to be fabulous, and humiliate anybody who trusted them. It turns out that "gay" correlates with "character defects, and delusions." Who knew? Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at January 16, 2026 11:06 PM (XeO61) 117
Here's the thing. Canadas economy depends on oil. Oil pays for welfare programs in Ontario and trans lesbian dance classes in Vancouver.
Canadian oil costs $60 a barrel to produce. Venezuelan oil costs $30 a barrel to produce. Canada is fckd, eh? Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at January 16, 2026 11:06 PM (Kl6OU) 118
Where's Pam Bondi's boyfriend to defend her honor from this scurrilous meme?
Posted by: Sad! at January 16, 2026 11:07 PM (12gd1) 119
@FoxNews
· 9h REPORTER: "Did Arab and Israeli officials convince you to not strike Iran?" PRESIDENT TRUMP: "Nobody convinced me. I convinced myself. Posted by: Don Black at January 16, 2026 11:08 PM (ZxPkt) 120
Where's Pam Bondi's boyfriend to defend her honor from this scurrilous meme?
Posted by: Sad! at January 16, 2026 11:07 PM (12gd1) Can I be her boyfriend if I defend her? Posted by: Opinion fact at January 16, 2026 11:08 PM (KDPiq) 121
It's hard to say what the best of Cobra is.
But the part in the denoument where the cult leader says "your Courts are civilized, aren't they, pig?" and then Stallone says "this is where the law stops, and I start!" and then hooks him up on a crucible is probably it. Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 16, 2026 11:10 PM (BI5O2) 122
42 -- Diogenes -- Years back, my youngest son was in Cub Scouts, and the leaders of his group were two tank guys spending some time with the Air Force to get promotion. Every time I ran into them, they were complaining about the AF. "No forced marches! No weekend training exercises! That's not how the military works!"
Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin at January 16, 2026 11:10 PM (DK5Sh) 123
LoTR never mentions religion at any point throughout, and yet it is arguably one of the most Christian stories ever written.
If you read any of his (unpublished during his lifetime) backgrounds, such as the Silmarillion, they are literally choirs of angels around God creating the world. Im currently reading volume 5 of Christopher Tolkiens collection of his fathers writings and its fascinating. Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at January 16, 2026 11:11 PM (EXyHK) 124
115 Well then, you call the big boys. 8 inch howitzers when you want to send the very best.
Posted by: Diogenes at January 16, That's what she said. Posted by: Opinion fact at January 16, 2026 11:06 PM (KDPiq) All artillery is 8 inches on the internet. Posted by: Dog Posting Online at January 16, 2026 11:11 PM (FJl0E) 125
I convinced myself. Posted by: Don Black ============== Great. What DOES he intend to do? If anything? Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 16, 2026 11:12 PM (x4Mz/) 126
I'm thinking we could frack Venezuela into the ocean and it would be one for the history books. Like a modern day Atlantis.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 16, 2026 11:13 PM (BSdIE) 127
Speaking of the ASSociated Press...
Last November, Elaine Miles, a member of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation in Oregon and an actress known for her roles in “Northern Exposure” and “The Last of Us,” said she was stopped by ICE officers in Washington state who told her that her tribal ID looked fake. -AP -------- Factoid - The Hon-Dah Casino, on Tribal land, owned and operated by the White Mountain Apache Tribe, does not accept tribal ID as proof of age or residence at either the casino cashier or the bar. Posted by: buddhaha at January 16, 2026 11:14 PM (epPlm) 128
Canadian oil costs $60 a barrel to produce. Venezuelan oil costs $30 a barrel to produce.
Canada is fckd, eh? Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at January 16, 2026 11:06 PM (Kl6OU) Cost of production depends upon what kind of oil, and what you have to do to produce it. There is vast room for expansion of the oil sands resource at MacMurray. Economies of scale can kick in. The logical thing to do would be use nuclear power to run the mines, and the recovery process, and the upgrader. And just a couple hundred miles east, in Saskatchewan, are massive uranium mines already production. Room for expansion there, too. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 16, 2026 11:16 PM (8zz6B) 129
Chinese are over fishing the Pacific.
A sub off the coast of South America could radio fisher boat 1 (from where? out of nowhere) and tell him to prepare rescue for boat 2 and 3. Do the same with boat 4. Then sink boat 2,3,5 and 6. Then go to the South China Sea and do the same thing and leave. Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 16, 2026 11:16 PM (3UR/I) 130
bitch judge in Minnesota says ICE can't retaliate against protesters or stop driver
It's not a retaliation, it's a response to escalation. Totally different, FO bitch. Posted by: From about That Time at January 16, 2026 11:17 PM (sl73Y) 131
Rents are from Lord of the Rings, right?…
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth Definitely a candidate for entry into The Big Book of Hilarious Autoincorrects. (Read the Lord of the Rings to find out what the landlord Rents charged Saruman.) 🤔 Posted by: mindful webworker - in a hole in the ground lived a Hobbit... at January 16, 2026 11:17 PM (FMpsC) 132
But then there's the part where Cobra is gunning down the motorcycle gang from the back of the a pickup truck.
Or the motel shootout. Or the hostage scenario in the grocery store at the beginning. Every part of that movie kicks ass. Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 16, 2026 11:18 PM (BI5O2) 133
West Texas crude is around $60 a barrel, too. But are you sure about Venezuelan oil? I thought it came out as a wax that needed extra refining?
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 16, 2026 11:18 PM (SEFV4) 134
bitch judge in Minnesota says ICE can't retaliate against protesters or stop driver
- Sounds like a judge needs to be charged with impeding federal agents and locked up with the current haul of illegals overnight. Posted by: Methos at January 16, 2026 11:21 PM (vSvIl) Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at January 16, 2026 11:21 PM (sS8Vs) 136
Never saw Cobra. Just the trailers . You're the disease and I'm the cure.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 16, 2026 11:21 PM (KDPiq) 137
>Great. What DOES he intend to do? If anything?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia ---- who knows in the meantime, the massacres continue Posted by: Don Black at January 16, 2026 11:21 PM (ZxPkt) 138
A video was leaked of Leila Khatami, daughter of Shiite cleric Ali Khatami, who was also president of Iran, and Sasha Larijani, who is the granddaughter of Ayatollah Khamenei, on a yacht in a swimsuit (bikini & a drink) and without a veil.
Women in Iran are not allowed to do this kind of thing, but the daughters and granddaughters of religious leaders are https://tinyurl.com/49hhey9p Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 16, 2026 11:21 PM (3UR/I) 139
Speaking of the ASSociated Press...
Last November, Elaine Miles, a member of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation in Oregon and an actress known for her roles in “Northern Exposure” and “The Last of Us,” said she was stopped by ICE officers in Washington state who told her that her tribal ID looked fake. -AP -------- Factoid - The Hon-Dah Casino, on Tribal land, owned and operated by the White Mountain Apache Tribe, does not accept tribal ID as proof of age or residence at either the casino cashier or the bar. Posted by: buddhaha ==== It was hand-written on the backside of a Corn Pops cereal box top. Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 16, 2026 11:21 PM (/lPRQ) 140
Everybody is going tribal these days. That's what happens when you get into a global, third-world shithole tribal conflict on another continent.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 16, 2026 11:22 PM (BSdIE) 141
You're the disease and I'm the cure.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 16, 2026 11:21 PM (KDPiq) See? That's from the first five minutes of the movie, and it only keeps getting cooler from there. Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 16, 2026 11:23 PM (BI5O2) 142
Women in Iran are not allowed to do this kind of thing, but the daughters and granddaughters of religious leaders are
https://tinyurl.com/49hhey9p Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 16, 2026 11:21 PM (3UR/I) I'm guessing the yacht was nowhere near Iran. Saudi women lose the veil as soon as the plane they are on leaves Saudi airspace, too. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 16, 2026 11:26 PM (8zz6B) 143
""I know it's early in the season, but I'd like to propose a trade:""
I'm sure there are a few other retarded states we can throw in to sweeten the deal. Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 16, 2026 11:26 PM (snZF9) 144
Great. What DOES he intend to do? If anything?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 16, 2026 11:12 PM (x4Mz/) You could try asking a Washington Post reporter. They might know. Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at January 16, 2026 11:26 PM (sS8Vs) 145
Seriously (or as seriously as my late-night mind will bear), I cringe to read about kicking any state out of the USA. I don't think we should ever let go of one square mile of our territory.
Which is not to say that we really need to recover a lot of areas from The Enemy Domestic. Posted by: mindful webworker - and the land we belong to is graaaannd at January 16, 2026 11:28 PM (FMpsC) 146
Ents were, basically, giant sentient trees from Lord of the Rings. They acted as guardians of the forest.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 16, 2026 10:41 PM (ExV1e) Ents raised trees and became like them in form and pace and lifespan, and some of the trees likewise became like the ents in sentience and mobility. The entwives raised flowers, and no one has seen them in an age... Posted by: SciVo at January 16, 2026 11:31 PM (Sy6m/) 147
Diogenes -- Years back, my youngest son was in Cub Scouts, and the leaders of his group were two tank guys spending some time with the Air Force to get promotion. Every time I ran into them, they were complaining about the AF. "No forced marches! No weekend training exercises! That's not how the military works!"
Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin at January 16, 2026 11:10 PM (DK5Sh) And PT is volleyball, but once a year they have to complete 18 holes of golf WITHOUT using a cart. Posted by: Diogenes at January 16, 2026 11:31 PM (2WIwB) 148
That cop was awfully calm in light of the probability he was about to get in a gun fight.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 16, 2026 11:02 PM (KDPiq) I recognized the video from the still. He and another cop had been talking to this guy about what was essentially a squatter situation for around 20 minutes IIRC. That it ended up in a shooting was avoidable on his part, I think the worst they were going to charge him with was breaking and entering (he hadn't taken the copper pipes off the property yet). Just sad. Posted by: pookysgirl watches too many Donut Operator videos at January 16, 2026 11:32 PM (Wt5PA) 149
Seriously (or as seriously as my late-night mind will bear), I cringe to read about kicking any state out of the USA. I don't think we should ever let go of one square mile of our territory.
----- Seriously, why? We're in more danger from the enemy now than if we broke up and went at one another. In our current situation, they hold all the commanding heights. In a fractured country trying to find its feet, with factions that hold territories and institutions against one another, we at least stand a fighting chance. Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 16, 2026 11:33 PM (BI5O2) 150
bitch judge in Minnesota says ICE can't retaliate against protesters or stop driver
- Sounds like a judge needs to be charged with impeding federal agents and locked up with the current haul of illegals overnight. Posted by: Methos at January 16, 2026 11:21 PM (vSvIl) The lack of proper love for volcanoes is disturbing. Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 16, 2026 11:33 PM (snZF9) 151
A video was leaked of Leila Khatami, daughter of Shiite cleric Ali Khatami, who was also president of Iran, and Sasha Larijani, who is the granddaughter of Ayatollah Khamenei, on a yacht in a swimsuit (bikini & a drink) and without a veil.
Women in Iran are not allowed to do this kind of thing, but the daughters and granddaughters of religious leaders are https://tinyurl.com/49hhey9p Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 16, 2026 11:21 PM (3UR/I) *** No wonder the Regime is working so hard to jam starlink. Posted by: Diogenes at January 16, 2026 11:33 PM (2WIwB) 152
From what I have read, speculation is that Trump is waiting for that carrier and its group that is moving from the China Sea to somewhere close to Iran. There is also speculation that Bibi requested a pause in order to prepare Israel for the barrage of missiles the mullahs will probably throw at Israel. But then who knows what Trump will do? Only him, I suspect.
Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin at January 16, 2026 11:34 PM (DK5Sh) 153
Eagle Wings@CRRJA5 . 7h
The Democrats hired 87,000 IRS agents to go after YOU... sorry, I meant to "crack down on tax fraud". Then how did they miss the INSANE amount of fraud in Minnesota? Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 16, 2026 11:34 PM (3UR/I) 154
But then who knows what Trump will do? Only him, I suspect.
Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin --- It's published that IMF is positioning Iron Dome for Iranian attack. Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 16, 2026 11:36 PM (3UR/I) 155
From what I have read, speculation is that Trump is waiting for that carrier and its group that is moving from the China Sea to somewhere close to Iran. There is also speculation that Bibi requested a pause in order to prepare Israel for the barrage of missiles the mullahs will probably throw at Israel. But then who knows what Trump will do? Only him, I suspect.
Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin at January 16, 2026 11:34 PM (DK5Sh) Well, if some sort of air campaign against Iran is contemplated, it makes a great deal of sense to delay until all your assets are in theater. Also keeps the weirdbeards guessing. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 16, 2026 11:38 PM (8zz6B) 156
Secretary Brooke Rollins . @SecRollins
A federal judge just FORCED the @USDA to CONTINUE sending SNAP administrative funds to Minnesota — even though they're refusing to help root out massive fraud! This isn't protecting taxpayers or the families who truly need help; it's letting crooks game the system. Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 16, 2026 11:38 PM (3UR/I) 157
What a magnificent ONT. Thank you very much, Weird Dave!
Posted by: Sam Adams at January 16, 2026 11:39 PM (X+xvk) 158
Speaking of the ASSociated Press...
Last November, Elaine Miles, a member of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation in Oregon and an actress known for her roles in “Northern Exposure” and “The Last of Us,” said she was stopped by ICE officers in Washington state who told her that her tribal ID looked fake. -AP -------- Factoid - The Hon-Dah Casino, on Tribal land, owned and operated by the White Mountain Apache Tribe, does not accept tribal ID as proof of age or residence at either the casino cashier or the bar. Posted by: buddhaha ==== It was hand-written on the backside of a Corn Pops cereal box top. Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 16, 2026 11:21 PM (/lPRQ) *** Hey! That's Maize Pops to you white man! Posted by: Diogenes at January 16, 2026 11:40 PM (2WIwB) 159
It's published that IMF is positioning Iron Dome for Iranian attack.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 16, 2026 11:36 PM (3UR/I) One would hope that the locations of all the fixed launchers are known, as well as where the mobile launchers are garaged. Destroy the missiles on the ground as much as is possible. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 16, 2026 11:41 PM (8zz6B) 160
Letting crooks game the system?
Of course. What else is new? And it's not a matter of letting anyone do anything, either. They aren't asking. Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 16, 2026 11:42 PM (BI5O2) 161
145 Seriously (or as seriously as my late-night mind will bear), I cringe to read about kicking any state out of the USA. I don't think we should ever let go of one square mile of our territory.
Which is not to say that we really need to recover a lot of areas from The Enemy Domestic. Posted by: mindful webworker - and the land we belong to is graaaannd at January 16, 2026 11:28 PM (FMpsC) I wouldn't mind nudging (say) California and New York to secede, then immediately declaring war and conquering them, to be followed by martial law and reconstruction under American principles, with aggressive indoctrination imposed in school against their Secular Sins of transnationalism and bureaucratism. Posted by: SciVo at January 16, 2026 11:46 PM (Sy6m/) 162
It's also possible Trump is trying to force Khameini to escape Iran so as not to create a martyr. That's entirely speculation on my part. I read somewhere that Khameini has dug his heels in and refuses to run like Assad did. Evidently, Khameini has ranted about what a coward Assad is.
Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin at January 16, 2026 11:46 PM (DK5Sh) 163
If we were in a position to tell anyone anything, shit wouldn't have gotten so fucked up, would it have?
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 16, 2026 11:49 PM (BI5O2) 164
Iran stands no chance. Let's hope the common citizen can find shelter before we (US and Israel) obliterate the regime with surgical strikes. Long overdue.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 16, 2026 11:50 PM (BSdIE) 165
Evening all
Posted by: Joyenz at January 16, 2026 11:51 PM (2F0/Y) 166
I wouldn't mind nudging (say) California and New York to secede, then immediately declaring war and conquering them, to be followed by martial law and reconstruction under American principles, with aggressive indoctrination imposed in school against their Secular Sins of transnationalism and bureaucratism.
Posted by: SciVo at January 16, 2026 11:46 PM (Sy6m/) NYC would be easy. Cave the tunnels and blow the bridges. It becomes an isle of misery parked next to the US. Americans on the mainland can just hold up food and wave. Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 16, 2026 11:52 PM (snZF9) 167
It's published that IMF is positioning Iron Dome for Iranian attack. Good morning, Mister Phelps. Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 16, 2026 11:53 PM (pkeXY) 168
Cost of production depends upon what kind of oil, and what you have to do to produce it. There is vast room for expansion of the oil sands resource at MacMurray. Economies of scale can kick in. The logical thing to do would be use nuclear power to run the mines, and the recovery process, and the upgrader. And just a couple hundred miles east, in Saskatchewan, are massive uranium mines already production. Room for expansion there, too.
That's the kicker; Canada and Venzuela produce the same type of crude oil; heavy and sour. The refineries best equipped to process this are on the Gulf Coast. And what makes Canadian crude more expensive isn't just the technical challenges of extraction, there's also a high regulatory burden. An oilfield takes on average eight years to open in Canada and involves a lot of payoffs along the way. An oilfield in Venezuela or Guyana is just three years. Now Canada could find a market for heavy sour crude in China... if the Government hadn't blocked construction of pipelines from Alberta to the Pacific. Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at January 16, 2026 11:54 PM (f0sNM) 169
Florida: come for the manatees, stay for the reckless driving, firearms, margaritas and iguanas.
Posted by: Winner of the Gov DeSantis lookalike contest at January 16, 2026 11:55 PM (fKeBm) 170
At this point, I care more about the citizens of Tehran than those of NYC or Minneapolis. What a weird timeline we are in...
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 16, 2026 11:55 PM (n4Qav) 171
I thoughts ENTs were Ear, Nose, and Throat Doctors.
They are pretty sensitive about the trees, though. Posted by: Nerd Herd at January 16, 2026 11:56 PM (NZPfR) 172
SpaceX video included a G-meter on the booster (first) stage. Max of 4.2 G going up, 5.2 (!) during the entry burn coming down.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at January 16, 2026 11:57 PM (sS8Vs) 173
At this point, I care more about the citizens of Tehran than those of NYC or Minneapolis. What a weird timeline we are in...
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 16, 2026 11:55 PM (n4Qav) Well, I take your point, but I care far more about NYC and Minneapolis than Tehran. I don't wish any ill will toward these Persians, at least not on general principles. Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 16, 2026 11:58 PM (BI5O2) 174
NYC would be easy. Cave the tunnels and blow the bridges. It becomes an isle of misery parked next to the US. Americans on the mainland can just hold up food and wave.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 16, 2026 11:52 PM (snZF9) Tell me more... Posted by: Snake Plisken at January 16, 2026 11:59 PM (sS8Vs) 175
>>Now Canada could find a market for heavy sour crude in China... if the Government hadn't blocked construction of pipelines from Alberta to the Pacific.
I enjoyed watching Trump answer questions about Canada making a deal with China. Having Venezuela as a partner has removed the only deal leverage Canada had with the US. Canada is trading their biggest trade partner, by a huge amount, for a deal with China for a fraction of the amount. Brilliant. Posted by: JackStraw at January 17, 2026 12:01 AM (viF8m) 176
I can't bring myself to care about NYC since they elected a communist or Minneapolis (or Portland or Seattle) since they don't even seem like American cities anymore.
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at January 17, 2026 12:02 AM (f0sNM) 177
Rock on, y'all.
I once had a brother who played this album loudly several times a day the summer of 1971. Our bedrooms shared a wall and we'd compete with our stereos til one of us gave up and listened to what we agreed on. Funniest guy I have ever known. I assure you he was a Moron of the Highest Order. I miss you, bro. https://tinyurl.com/53mxhf5n Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 17, 2026 12:04 AM (WONhk) Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 17, 2026 12:04 AM (u82oZ) 179
That's the kicker; Canada and Venzuela produce the same type of crude oil; heavy and sour. The refineries best equipped to process this are on the Gulf Coast.
And what makes Canadian crude more expensive isn't just the technical challenges of extraction, there's also a high regulatory burden. An oilfield takes on average eight years to open in Canada and involves a lot of payoffs along the way. An oilfield in Venezuela or Guyana is just three years. Now Canada could find a market for heavy sour crude in China... if the Government hadn't blocked construction of pipelines from Alberta to the Pacific. Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at January 16, 2026 11:54 PM (f0sNM) There is plenty of light, sweet crude in Alberta, too. The oil from the oil sands is put though an upgrader before it ever enters a pipeline. The upgrader hydrogenates the heavy oilsands crude, and makes a lighter, sweeter product that is what the buyers get. The upgrader is fueled by "stranded" natural gas that is produced from wells located on the far side of the oilands area, too far from markets to be sold directly. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 17, 2026 12:04 AM (8zz6B) 180
Also remembering how Warren Buffett lobbied against the Keystone pipeline because he owns the railroad that moves Canadian oil into the US. Fck that son of a bitch.
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at January 17, 2026 12:05 AM (f0sNM) 181
If Shah Pahlavi wants NYC and Minneapolis to sweeten the pot, then so be it. Name it New Persia and take them off our hands. It would definitely benefit us, and it would give him a North American port and some iron mines.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 17, 2026 12:06 AM (BI5O2) 182
The Democrats hired 87,000 IRS agents to go after YOU... sorry, I meant to "crack down on tax fraud". Then how did they miss the INSANE amount of fraud in Minnesota?
Posted by: Braenyard By looking the other way, or more likely, being in on the scam. Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 17, 2026 12:06 AM (SEFV4) 183
>>>Well, I take your point, but I care far more about NYC and Minneapolis than Tehran. I don't wish any ill will toward these Persians, at least not on general principles.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice >MN and NYC need to handle their own shit. I'm convinced they can do that but what these states and cities are bringing to the kitchen table is nothing compared to what these other countries owe us. This is your global economic theory. Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 17, 2026 12:06 AM (BSdIE) 184
All moron writers:
Forget SF/mysteries/westerns. Write AWFL women / Hunky ICE agent stories. Not bodice rippers, sweatshirt rippers. Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 17, 2026 12:06 AM (u82oZ) 185
So I don't get what the big almighty deal is with ice in Minnesota anyways....I mean don't the get ice every year at this time? Geez guys, chill out, warmer weather will be here before you know it.....
Separate note - thank you to those who explained the ENTs thingy. I read LoTR many many years ago - not sure if I could get through it again... Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 17, 2026 12:07 AM (QGaXH) 186
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I read LoTR many many years ago - not sure if I could get through it again...
One does not just get through The Lord of the Rings Posted by: Boromir, Son of Denethor, Steward of Gondor at January 17, 2026 12:10 AM (EXyHK) 188
Well, I take your point, but I care far more about NYC and Minneapolis than Tehran. I don't wish any ill will toward these Persians, at least not on general principles.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 16, 2026 11:58 PM (BI5O2) Yes. It is unacceptable to have major cities controlled by the Commie/Islam alliance. The people who perpetrate this, and egg on the useful idiots, I hate with the power of a million suns. Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 17, 2026 12:10 AM (n4Qav) 189
> 13 Canada has one coast to coast highway, a little bit north of the border. If Alberta were to join the US it would really fuck things up for Canada.
Posted by: davidt at January 16, 2026 10:09 PM (Q+gd/) That is the most boring drive you could possibly imagine, at least until you start getting some mountains in western Alberta. It makes the Dakotas and Kansas seem like exciting scenery by comparison. Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 17, 2026 12:10 AM (IG3/x) 190
They're still screeching that Krazy Kommunist Karen in Minneapolis was "murdered".
No. She either committed suicide by cop (if she knew what she was doing) or won a Darwin Award (if she was too stupid to know what she was doing). Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 17, 2026 12:12 AM (IG3/x) 191
I think we've passed the virtue signaling stage when it comes to these kind of choices, Salty. Carney is a card carrying globalist and he knows exactly who Trump is and his desire for a united Western Hemisphere.
The old alliances are broken. Going to be some interesting times. Posted by: JackStraw at January 17, 2026 12:12 AM (viF8m) 192
Somewhere around here, I had an apple juice jar filled with crude from a conventional well near Whitecourt. It was about the consistency of Diesel fuel, the color was green, and it sparkled from suspended wax crystals, and smelled like naptha camp stove fuel. If you ran it through a good filter, a car would probably run on it.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 17, 2026 12:12 AM (8zz6B) 193
The Democrats hired 87,000 IRS agents to go after YOU... sorry, I meant to "crack down on tax fraud". Then how did they miss the INSANE amount of fraud in Minnesota?
Posted by: Braenyard By looking the other way, or more likely, being in on the scam. Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit Biden hired them to go after the right. Posted by: rickb223 at January 17, 2026 12:12 AM (sui1r) 194
Christy @177. The link doesn't work. But RIP for your brother
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 17, 2026 12:14 AM (n4Qav) Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 17, 2026 12:14 AM (pkeXY) 196
> That is the most boring drive you could possibly imagine
Oh, and no offense intended, AOP, but you gotta admit that MB, SK, and eastern AB are rather...monotonous. Western AB makes up for a lot, though. Some nice scenery there. Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 17, 2026 12:15 AM (IG3/x) 197
Christy @177. The link doesn't work. But RIP for your brother Posted by: BarelyScaryMary Link works for me. Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 17, 2026 12:16 AM (pkeXY) 198
Continued from post above, had a memory my husband and I still laugh about.
My very first date, 9th grade, was with a football player in our class (girlfriends made me go out with him. I liked his best friend better). Nice guy. Drove an orange muscle car, I think a Dodge something. Anyway, I was nervous as was he on the way to the stupid drive-in torture. So I could see what people did there and not approve. On the way down our long driveway my brother jumped out of a ditch, on all fours, barking like a dog. We pretended not to see him but I laughed anyway. We did not date long. I had to "walk him off the football field" a few times. I honestly did not see the point but I did it. He was sweaty and dating a buffoon who'd rather stay home and he eventually gave up as I was hopeless. Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 17, 2026 12:16 AM (WONhk) 199
187 I read LoTR many many years ago - not sure if I could get through it again...
One does not just “get through” The Lord of the Rings… Posted by: Boromir, Son of Denethor, Steward of Gondor at January 17, 2026 12:10 AM (EXyHK) Oh gawd..... Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 17, 2026 12:17 AM (QGaXH) 200
JackStraw
We are in luck that our enemies have to work much harder to avoid entropy. Got some remedies for problems, but it takes will. Oliver Cromwell is smiling at current events. He can fix things. Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 17, 2026 12:18 AM (u82oZ) 201
194 Christy @177. The link doesn't work. But RIP for your brother
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 17, 2026 12:14 AM (n4Qav) Weird! Bell Bottom Blues by Derick and the Dominoes. G'nite! Blows kisses! Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 17, 2026 12:19 AM (WONhk) 202
Hockey is allright--- but TABLE HOCKEY, that's a REAL man's sport!!!!!
Posted by: As not seen on TV at January 17, 2026 12:19 AM (vfct/) 203
Sorry m.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 17, 2026 12:19 AM (u82oZ) 204
Weird! Bell Bottom Blues by Derick and the Dominoes.
G'nite! Blows kisses! Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 17, 2026 12:19 AM (WONhk) Great song, Christy! Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 17, 2026 12:19 AM (n4Qav) 205
One of the greatest one-off "supergroup" albums ever, rivaled by Clapton's other one-off project, Blind Faith.
The name of the band was supposed to be Eric and the Dynamos, but the announcer at an early gig screwed it up, and they decided they liked that name better. Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 17, 2026 12:20 AM (IG3/x) Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 17, 2026 12:22 AM (u82oZ) 207
Oh, and no offense intended, AOP, but you gotta admit that MB, SK, and eastern AB are rather...monotonous.
Western AB makes up for a lot, though. Some nice scenery there. Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 17, 2026 12:15 AM (IG3/x) It's easier to build highways in "boring" country, you know. Don't have to go far off the Trans-Canada to see some neat stuff. Cypress Hills, on the AB-SK border is a small mountain ridge that remained unglaciated during the height of the last glacial period. Home to a unique and subtly different ecology. About 30 miles off the highway. And the Alberta badlands around Drumheller are about 30 miles north of the highway, further West. Many miles of quite spectacular scenery. And dinosaurs. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 17, 2026 12:22 AM (8zz6B) 208
Between LA, Long Beach, Houston,Savannah, and numerous smaller east coast ports, we can easily distribute NY's port traffic. And it's not as if the Shah would cut it off, anyway. Just let the Persians have New York as a door "prize."
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 17, 2026 12:24 AM (BI5O2) 209
The Blind Faith album is one of the perfect ones.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 17, 2026 12:24 AM (n4Qav) 210
> It's easier to build highways in "boring" country, you know. Don't have to go far off the Trans-Canada to see some neat stuff.
I do hope to see some more of Canada before taking my final dirt nap, but the way things are going, I'm not even going to see most of Alaska before then. Still need to make it to the Arctic Ocean. Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 17, 2026 12:25 AM (IG3/x) 211
149 Seriously (or as seriously as my late-night mind will bear), I cringe to read about kicking any state out of the USA. I don't think we should ever let go of one square mile of our territory. ----- Seriously, why? We're in more danger from the enemy now than if we broke up and went at one another. In our current situation, they hold all the commanding heights. In a fractured country trying to find its feet, with factions that hold territories and institutions against one another, we at least stand a fighting chance. Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 16, 2026 11:33 PM ------ What is a state? There are people. There are territory, resources, infrastructure, history and tradition. If a faction of the human component choose to stop being loyal citizens, and become a waxy yellow buildup instead, discard the traitorous weasels, and keep everything else. They don't get to take it with them. They'd just sell it off to the Chinese anyway. No. It's ours. Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at January 17, 2026 12:26 AM (L78T1) 212
a Moron of the Highest Order.
I miss you, bro. https://tinyurl.com/53mxhf5n Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat --- Always thought that was the Beatles. Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 17, 2026 12:27 AM (3UR/I) 213
I should return my AoSHQ premium cardboard membership card and Valu-Rite Vodka pledge drive tote bag before you all begin suggesting we trade Minnesota for lesser Canadian provinces like Newfoundland and Labrador.
Posted by: Walter Freeman at January 17, 2026 12:30 AM (xSYff) 214
>>>Yes. It is unacceptable to have major cities controlled by the Commie/Islam alliance. The people who perpetrate this, and egg on the useful idiots, I hate with the power of a million suns.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary >Look at how vicious the Left is right now. Be prepared when the right decides to become vicious because conditions will change rapidly. They keep messing with the bull. Trump should step in and put a halt to this escalation. Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 17, 2026 12:30 AM (BSdIE) 215
That map looks like a fair trade to me!
Posted by: SmallTownGirl at January 17, 2026 12:31 AM (9DbxP) 216
@205...I know every song on this album.
My brother, in addition to being insane and brilliant, had great taste in music. We went to many concerts together from HS through college. We would laugh til we cried even as adults. Could read each other's minds (I was 2yrs older). He made me humble & I never thought I was "all that" because of him. The main thing we fought over was the remote control for the new color TV in 1965. For a decade we rarely brawled, then, whammo! Torture time! We'd get sent to our rooms upstairs & continue to argue over the groovy "intercom" of the new house (1964). My parents listened in the den. I once catapulted him up the stairs during a brawl & he crashed on the landing loudly. I really got into trouble then, but totally worth it! He could stop an argument by saying, "Don't you flare those nostrils at me!" (he called me Pig Nose). He knew it would make me laugh. Defended me in HS when a guy I did not even kiss at a dance said he did all sorts of nasty things. I told him, oh, hell, no! He was in our wedding & approved of my husband and we all had some crazy adventures when he visited out West. Will always miss him. Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 17, 2026 12:31 AM (WONhk) 217
Always thought that was the Beatles.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 17, 2026 12:27 AM (3UR/I) It got confusing. Clapton played on on Beatles songs. And on George Harrison's All Things Must Pass. And they shared Layla. Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 17, 2026 12:32 AM (n4Qav) 218
Still need to make it to the Arctic Ocean.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 17, 2026 12:25 AM (IG3/x) I think a boat trip down the Mackenize River from Yellowknife to the river mouth would be amazing. There is a boat tour, this year's rate is 30,000 dollarsper person. Shit, I could buy a good boat for less than that. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 17, 2026 12:33 AM (8zz6B) 219
My MOS was 91A/B (medic). Yes. I am that old. Now it's 68 W or some shit.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, ----- When I "graduated" out of Ft Monmouth (long gone), my MOS was 187. Sometime in the next 15 months, it got redefined to 32E. It was only useful in locations where the military had their own long distance comms. No use in CONUS. So, when I separated, as a draftee, I was supposed to put in 3 more years active reserve (Reserve or NG) and then 1 year inactive reserve. No slots for that MOS in US, and the only cross train slot was for comm controller for an ASA units. I went to work for a.company in a small town in Ohio. Closest reserve ASA unit was in upstate NY. For the next 3 years, I filled out a form certifying my location. At the end of 6 years I got my discharge, with only 1 year, 11 months, and 27 days on active duty - early out returning from overseas. Never went to even one reserve meeting or 2 week summer camp. So, my original mos was a WW2/Korean war number. Posted by: buddhaha at January 17, 2026 12:34 AM (epPlm) 220
Always thought that was the Beatles.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 17, 2026 12:27 AM (3UR/I) Some of the guitar is similar to his friend, George Harrison. They sort of shared? Patti Boyd, who he wrote Layla for. She must have had something special!? Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 17, 2026 12:34 AM (WONhk) 221
I don't get that pizza one
Posted by: keena at January 17, 2026 12:35 AM (4Aqsh) 222
Good night, everyone.
May you not have an Arctic wind howling over the house. Posted by: NaCly Dog Better than thru the house. Just sayin' Posted by: Adriane the Monday Critic on Friday . . . at January 17, 2026 12:35 AM (3ZUWJ) 223
What is a state? There are people. There are territory, resources, infrastructure, history and tradition. If a faction of the human component choose to stop being loyal citizens, and become a waxy yellow buildup instead, discard the traitorous weasels, and keep everything else. They don't get
to take it with them. They'd just sell it off to the Chinese anyway. No. It's ours. ---- I view the Acela Corridor as a foreign occupying power. If people like you want to absorb the Acelans into our country, fine. But, I'd rather raffle them off them to foreigners. They aren't my countrymen. Their daughters can slave in foreign harems, under foreign flags, and foreign men, where they belong. They've already sold out to foreigners, and are foreigners, AFAIC. Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 17, 2026 12:36 AM (BI5O2) 224
I don't get that pizza one
Posted by: keena When you format academic papers for thesis or publication, there are 2 distinct formatting styles: Chicago (University of) and AP. Posted by: Adriane the Monday Critic on Friday . . . at January 17, 2026 12:37 AM (3ZUWJ) 225
When you format academic papers for thesis or publication, there are 2 distinct formatting styles: Chicago (University of) and AP.
Posted by: Adriane the Monday Critic on Friday . . . at January 17, 2026 12:37 AM (3ZUWJ) Wow that’s obscure. Posted by: Tom Servo at January 17, 2026 12:39 AM (hxusQ) 226
Tolkien wrote the Hobbit as a childrens book. The Lord of the Rings is not a kids book. That said , LOR is about 4 times as long as the Hobbit.
Posted by: Sock Monkey ---- I read it to.my daughter when she was my 7 year old sweetheart (lets not talk about teenage years ). She picked up LOTR as an adult, and told me that she slipped into.Middle Earth like an old friend. Posted by: buddhaha at January 17, 2026 12:42 AM (epPlm) 227
Alberta only needs to join the Greater Texas Republic. Not sure why this is a discussion.
Posted by: Jeans Loop Pickard at January 17, 2026 12:44 AM (mlg/3) 228
Can't tell a Vancouverite from a Washingtonian.
Posted by: Braenyard ---- You're obviously a.'murrican! Posted by: buddhaha at January 17, 2026 12:46 AM (epPlm) 229
Am I the only one who found LOTR an easier read than The Hobbit? I read both as an adult. Perhaps that is the difference.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 17, 2026 12:47 AM (n4Qav) 230
I read it to.my daughter when she was my 7 year old sweetheart (lets not talk about teenage years ). She picked up LOTR as an adult, and told me that she slipped into.Middle Earth like an old friend.
Posted by: buddhaha at January 17, 2026 12:42 AM (epPlm) Tolkien did a fantastic job of world-building. Really read like he was describing an actual place. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 17, 2026 12:47 AM (8zz6B) 231
I think a boat trip down the Mackenize River from Yellowknife to the river mouth would be amazing. There is a boat tour, this year's rate is 30,000 dollarsper person. Shit, I could buy a good boat for less than that.
So, like $27 USD? Totally doable. I've been to NWT. Just grab the legs of a black fly and it'll cruse around giving you a nice areal tour or the territory. Posted by: Weirddave at January 17, 2026 12:49 AM (Ffl2s) 232
BC would be better, as it's coastal, and would connect Washington State and Alaska
Posted by: Tracknar at January 17, 2026 12:51 AM (J6fin) 233
I've been to NWT. Just grab the legs of a black fly and it'll cruse around giving you a nice areal tour or the territory.
Posted by: Weirddave at January 17, 2026 12:49 AM (Ffl2s) The danger there is that it will fly back to the nest, and the big ones will take you away from him. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 17, 2026 12:51 AM (8zz6B) 234
Tom. Come for the fart jokes, stay for the obscure literary memes.
Posted by: Weirddave at January 17, 2026 12:52 AM (Ffl2s) 235
I read LoTR many many years ago - not sure if I could get through it again...
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 17, 2026 12:07 AM (QGaX I definitely couldn't get through it again. Once was enough for me. If I wanted to read 300 pages of how the sun reflects on leaves I would have become a botanist. Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 17, 2026 12:52 AM (snZF9) 236
Canadian oil costs $60 a barrel to produce. Venezuelan oil costs $30 a barrel to produce.
Canada is fckd, eh? Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo ---- Where did you get those numbers? I've seen more like $45-50 and $35-40. They're both a PITA to refine so that's a wash. They certainly aren't in the cat bird seat, but fsckd ? Not really. It's good practice to maintain at least at least 20% of your supply from a second source. From a defense/geopolitical pov, V oil is easily interdicted ( translation:sunk), whereas Alberta oil is comparatively safe. Posted by: buddhaha at January 17, 2026 12:56 AM (epPlm) 237
Tolkien did a fantastic job of world-building. Really read like he was describing an actual place.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 17, 2026 12:47 AM (8zz6B) yeah, the only problem was he described it down to the atomic level. It took 30 pages for the hobbits to walk 100 yards. After 1000 pages of that shit I wanted hold the book in front of a .357 magnum. Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 17, 2026 12:58 AM (snZF9) 238
I mean, we actually need the landmass we currently call "California." I would change that name to "Western Coastal Territories 1-3," but we don't need NY. Give it back to the Indians, for all I care.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 17, 2026 12:59 AM (BI5O2) 239
> 232 BC would be better, as it's coastal, and would connect Washington State and Alaska
Posted by: Tracknar at January 17, 2026 12:51 AM (J6fin) Unfortunately that part of BC is full of communists, even more communist than the communist on our West Coast. Interior BC has some cool people, but I don't think we'd want the coastal regions. California already has far too many electoral votes. Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 17, 2026 01:01 AM (IG3/x) 240
Give it back to the Indians, for all I care.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice -- Do what you want as long as it remains under our jurisdiction. Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 17, 2026 01:02 AM (3UR/I) 241
Forgot about YT, but wouldn't need the entire territory
Posted by: Tracknar at January 17, 2026 01:02 AM (J6fin) 242
Every time I ran into them, they were complaining about the AF. "No forced marches! No weekend training exercises! That's not how the military works!"
Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin ----- I once saluted an AF LTC as we were passing on the sidewalk. It took him awhile to return it. He was walking with a couple of AF EMs and they were having a conversation. He seemed confused by the protocol, like it was unusual. I got the impression that the boys in blue don't do a lot of saluting. Posted by: buddhaha at January 17, 2026 01:05 AM (epPlm) 243
Oh looky, frodo pulled out a cracker. Lets describe the crumbs that fell in his lap, and while we're at it describe every thread in his fucking pants that these unfortunate crumbs fell on. Why stop there, did the moon reflect on those crumbs? Oh we'll get to that later, we got to talk about how he broke the fucking cracker that created the crumbs. Just what was he thinking when he broke the cracker, do we spend 25 pages on that? Yeeeeusss of course we do. Lets bring in the weather, better yet, lets count every line on the fucking thermometer as the temperature dropped. It was tiring. Reading that book was like trying to run across a river while firing a belt fed machine gun.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 17, 2026 01:06 AM (snZF9) 244
238 I mean, we actually need the landmass we currently call "California." I would change that name to "Western Coastal Territories 1-3," but we don't need NY. Give it back to the Indians, for all I care.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 17, 2026 12:59 AM (BI5O2) --------- Do we get compounded interest with the return of our $23 worth of beads? Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 17, 2026 01:08 AM (+HNx/) 245
Lol, Berz.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 17, 2026 01:09 AM (n4Qav) Posted by: mikeski, showing up late and quoting comment #2 at January 17, 2026 01:12 AM (VHUov) 247
We can give Minnesota to the Canadians. They'd probably be able to relate to these "people" better. They're fat and stupid and ugly like Minnesotans, and they hate freedom, and love Islam like Minnesotans, and Canada is an American suzerainty, anyhow.
Might as well get them off our books. Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 17, 2026 01:13 AM (BI5O2) 248
> we don't need NY. Give it back to the Indians, for all I care.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 17, 2026 12:59 AM (BI5O2) It's got a pretty decent harbor (shared with Jersey) and a lot of other transportation infrastructure. Its primary raison d'etre was as a financial capital, though, and that just doesn't make sense any more. Computers don't care if they're on Wall Street or Greasy Corners, Arkansas, as long as there's a good net connection, and Musk's Starlink is doing its best to make that a non-issue as well. Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 17, 2026 01:14 AM (IG3/x) 249
It's got a pretty decent harbor (shared with Jersey) and a lot of other transportation infrastructure.
Its primary raison d'etre was as a financial capital, though, and that just doesn't make sense any more. Computers don't care if they're on Wall Street or Greasy Corners, Arkansas, as long as there's a good net connection, and Musk's Starlink is doing its best to make that a non-issue as well. Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 17, 2026 01:14 AM (IG3/x) Especially after goat fucker gets done with it. In a few years it will looked like the cursed earth in Judge Dred, only inside the city. Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 17, 2026 01:19 AM (snZF9) 250
It makes the Dakotas and Kansas seem like exciting scenery by comparison.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia ----- I'm right here, you know. Posted by: Nebraska - more corn than Iowa at January 17, 2026 01:23 AM (epPlm) 251
"Khameini has dug his heels in and refuses to run like Assad did. Evidently, Khameini has ranted about what a coward Assad is."
Assad went to college and had an education to fall back on after his playing days were over. Posted by: Dark Litigator at January 17, 2026 01:23 AM (KAi1n) 252
Fun fact:
humans are deuterostomes which means that when they develop in the womb, the anus forms before any other opening. Which basically means, at one point, you were nothing but an asshole. Some people never developed beyond this stage. Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 17, 2026 01:24 AM (vzcgi) 253
Assad is kicking it in Moscow now, correct?
He's probably cleverer than Khamenei for that. But that's still a pussy move. Khamenei has three choices: 1. Run 2. Stand and fight, and win because Trump blinks 3. Stand and fight, and lose because he doesn't If I'm these mullahs, I'm putting every nickel on #2. It's basically the only choice. It's a shitty choice, but it's all you've got. Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 17, 2026 01:35 AM (BI5O2) 254
Happy weekend Horde. We've got a bit of snow on the way and temps are going to drop, this is not my favorite time of year.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at January 17, 2026 01:36 AM (0nHVk) 255
Still need to make it to the Arctic Ocean.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia ----- On a motorcycle. Right? There a video on the Revzilla website about 2 guys who.took a new Trail.125 and an old CT90 up.the haul.road Spoiler.... They sorta made it. Posted by: Nebraska - more corn than Iowa at January 17, 2026 01:36 AM (epPlm) 256
They are shipping tons of money out of state.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 17, 2026 01:36 AM (3UR/I) 257
Fun fact:
humans are deuterostomes which means that when they develop in the womb, the anus forms before any other opening. Which basically means, at one point, you were nothing but an asshole. Some people never developed beyond this stage. Posted by: Sock Monkey Correct! 1) you're a cell. B) you're a ball of undifferentiated cells. iii) you're a ball of undifferentiated cells with one hole in it..... that one. The other fun fact: humans are female by default. If you're male, those hormones and that development don't begin until about week 12. That's why men have nipples. They started developing before the blueprints showed up and the foreman said "hey, wait, we don't need those! Well, heck, leave the spigots on the outside o the house, we just won't run plumbing to them." The foreman also had to deal with the pre-developed outer labia. "There's no door here? Ok, glue 'em together and we'll call it a scrotum. Like a bay window, but wrinkly." Which is why guys have a scar/seam (the scrotal rathe) down the middle of their sack. Posted by: mikeski at January 17, 2026 01:40 AM (VHUov) 258
The best thing to happen to Corn since the Indians discovered it
Posted by: Kelloggs Heap Good Corn Flakes at January 17, 2026 01:44 AM (zocr6) 259
When you format academic papers for thesis or publication, there are 2 distinct formatting styles: Chicago (University of) and AP.
Posted by: Adriane the Monday Critic on Friday Wow that’s obscure. Posted by: Tom Servo And AP is a lot more simplified/streamlined than Chicago style, since that pizza is half empty? Posted by: mikeski might get the joke now at January 17, 2026 01:44 AM (VHUov) 260
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okJs1N6eaPA
Posted by: TheCatAttackedMyFoot at January 17, 2026 01:45 AM (jrgJz) 261
I don't think the mullahs even have running as an option. If they bolt somewhere, they'll be in the open, and the Jewish wolves will chomp the Shia rabbits.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 17, 2026 01:45 AM (BI5O2) 262
the Food and Drug Administration has deleted multiple web pages asserting that cellphones are not dangerous.
"There's cellphone tumors. I'm representing hundreds of people who have cellphone tumors behind the ear. It's always on the ear that you favor with your cellphone...We have the science," Kennedy said in a 2023 appearance on the Joe Rogan Experience. "You should never put one next to your head... I put it on speakerphone or use earphones." __ZH Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 17, 2026 01:47 AM (3UR/I) 263
the Food and Drug Administration has deleted multiple web pages asserting that cellphones are not dangerous.
"There's cellphone tumors. I'm representing hundreds of people who have cellphone tumors behind the ear. It's always on the ear that you favor with your cellphone...We have the science," Kennedy said in a 2023 appearance on the Joe Rogan Experience. "You should never put one next to your head... I put it on speakerphone or use earphones." __ZH Posted by: Braenyard "Leave it in your pocket. Testicular cancer is more survivable than brain cancer." Posted by: The FDA, probably at January 17, 2026 01:48 AM (VHUov) 264
I think that seam goes all the way around - males and females.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 17, 2026 01:52 AM (3UR/I) 265
I mean, they're bound to be running with a lot if money, and ill intent. The only responsible thing to do is hunt them to the ends of the earth and kill them all to the last man, woman and child.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 17, 2026 01:56 AM (BI5O2) 266
I think that seam goes all the way around - males and females.
Posted by: Braenyard Neither gender has a cloaca, so yes. But more of it gets closed up on the males. Posted by: mikeski, pedantically at January 17, 2026 01:56 AM (VHUov) 267
Sweet dreams Horde, I need to burrow under the blankets.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at January 17, 2026 02:01 AM (0nHVk) 268
They should have killed Reza Pahlavi - now he's coming back to haunt them
No Ayatollah Left Behind should be his policy. Chase them to the last lonely bolt hole and kill them like dogs. . Or they'll come back, just like you. Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 17, 2026 02:02 AM (BI5O2) 269
Off, moldy sock!
Interior BC has some cool people, but I don't think we'd want the coastal regions. Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia ----- Yet another issue with Vancouver and environs is the immigrant Chinese population. Canada.has very(!) good relations with China. Much of the support for that position is provided by the "overseas" Chinese in the west. Most of them got to Canada when the UK agreed to turn over Hong Kong to the tender mercies of the CCP. As citizens of a Commonwealth territory, they were allowed to.emigrate to any other Commonwealth country, irrespective over any immigration restrictions the receiving country may have. Seeing the handwriting on the wall, many moved family and fortune to Aus, Z and Canada. You'd think that they would know better, but cultural.ties are strong. Having them in the US would add... unneeded complexity... to our relationship with Xi etc al. Posted by: buddha at January 17, 2026 02:05 AM (epPlm) 270
While negotiating the Alaska purchase from Russia, Seward was negotiating the purchase of the Danish West Indies from Denmark.
The small islands of St. Thomas, St. John, and St. Croix—specifically the “small Gibraltar,” St. Thomas—were considered vital to national security. The American and Danish officials had reached an agreement to purchase St. Thomas and St. John for $7.5 million in gold coins. A plebiscite on the islands overwhelmingly approved the sale. But American politics ended the purchasing process. [ ratification was refused] -- [Fast forward to the early twentieth century, ]Germans are on the march, and US Sec State "made it clear that “the United States would be under the necessity of seizing and annexing [the islands].” On Aug. 4, 1916, Lansing and Brun signed the treaty, which both sides ratified, and the purchase of the now-U.S. Virgin Islands ... Part of this agreement, however, confirmed Denmark’s rights to Greenland. there's more to it https://tinyurl.com/5d9hpx87 Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 17, 2026 02:10 AM (3UR/I) 271
They should have killed Reza Pahlavi - now he's coming back to haunt them
No Ayatollah Left Behind should be his policy. Chase them to the last lonely bolt hole and kill them like dogs. . Or they'll come back, just like you. Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 17, 2026 02:02 AM (BI5O2) The galaxy is too small to let any ayatollahs survive. Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 17, 2026 02:12 AM (snZF9) 272
You should never put one next to your head... I put it on speakerphone or use earphones."
__ZH Posted by: Braenyard ----- Wired earphones, right. I mean, if you're concerned about close-in RF, why would you want a Bluetooth (2.4MHz, same freq as your microwave oven) transmitter IN your ear? Posted by: buddha at January 17, 2026 02:13 AM (epPlm) 273
English speaking Canada we'll take. Quebec can be its own country.
Posted by: The Man from Athens at January 17, 2026 02:17 AM (lDkhm) 274
Ayatolla cutting off girls clits and murdering women for no burka while his bikined daughter is on a yacht partying and drinking liquor.
Would a dungeon soften him up before the hanging? We should see. Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 17, 2026 02:21 AM (3UR/I) 275
The galaxy is too small to let any ayatollahs survive.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 17, 2026 02:12 AM (snZF9 If your dad got deposed, and you sieze his glorious throne back from his perfidious usurpers, could you bring yourself to spare even one of their scalps? I know I couldn't. Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 17, 2026 02:23 AM (BI5O2) 276
If your dad got deposed, and you sieze his glorious throne back from his perfidious usurpers, could you bring yourself to spare even one of their scalps?
I know I couldn't. Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 17, 2026 02:23 AM (BI5O2) My father never been there and don't have a throne and I would still burn them down to the last of them. Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 17, 2026 02:27 AM (snZF9) Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 17, 2026 02:29 AM (3UR/I) 278
Wired earphones, right. I mean, if you're concerned about close-in RF, why would you want a Bluetooth (2.4MHz, same freq as your microwave oven) transmitter IN your ear?
Posted by: buddha The difference between "this signal goes 5 yards to a nearby bluetooth thingy" and "this signal goes 5 miles to a nearby cell tower?" Posted by: mikeski sends magic smoke signals at January 17, 2026 02:32 AM (VHUov) 279
Part of this agreement, however, confirmed Denmark’s rights to Greenland.
there's more to it https://tinyurl.com/5d9hpx87 Posted by: Braenyard ----- Good info. Thanks Some.people wonder about Trump's seeming.obsession with Greenland. Look at what's going on with Diego Garcia. The UK is, over US objections, trying to.turn over the Chagos Islands, including that atoll and its strategic and secret US naval and air bases, to Mauritas, another island group. Which is A) more than a thousand miles away (what kind of territorial claim is that?) and B) very chummy with China. Posted by: buddha at January 17, 2026 02:36 AM (epPlm) 280
Well, getting late here. Time for me to hit the sack. Night, Horde.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 17, 2026 02:40 AM (8zz6B) 281
I can't comprehend how a country like Iran can heal.
They managed it in Russia and Germany and Japan, but those were longstanding social orders with a large degree of homogeneity. This is a country with a lot of different religions and cultures that coexisted well once upon a time, but its balance got completely wrecked by Islam. Everybody would have to side with each other against their fanatical Muslim neighbors, and also forgive their excesses and try to welcome them. It's not likely to happen. Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 17, 2026 02:44 AM (BI5O2) Fri-Yay! Cafe![]() Scottish highlands via wandertravel
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1 Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 16, 2026 07:13 PM (tgvbd) Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 16, 2026 07:13 PM (tgvbd) Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 16, 2026 07:14 PM (tgvbd) Posted by: Henry at January 16, 2026 07:15 PM (tWkg3) 5
I could have been first but was scanning for penguins.
Posted by: fd at January 16, 2026 07:16 PM (vFG9F) 6
CBS News is reporting that the DOJ has opened an investigation into Walz and Frey.
The Justice Department is investigating Minnesota officials, including Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, over an alleged conspiracy to impede federal immigration agents, an extraordinary escalation in the Trump administration's clash with Democratic leaders there, multiple sources familiar with the matter told CBS News. One of the sources, a U.S. official, said the investigation stems from statements that Walz and Frey have made about the thousands of Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers and Border Patrol agents deployed to the Minneapolis region in recent weeks. A Justice Department spokesperson declined to comment. https://tinyurl.com/3dep3rmh Posted by: SpeakingOf at January 16, 2026 07:16 PM (6ydKt) 7
and then I saw the sidebar....
Posted by: SpeakingOf at January 16, 2026 07:18 PM (6ydKt) Posted by: nurse ratched at January 16, 2026 07:19 PM (1U0OF) 9
Another Best of Breed win for The Big Dummy at today's Mississippi State KC show. Nothing in the Hound Group, but Her Majesty said there's a lot of high rollers there this weekend. Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 16, 2026 07:21 PM (tgvbd) 10
Cats being chaos agents. And if cats aren't able to ruin your day, they'll ruin the day of other cats.
---- Pfft! Life with TWO cats? Please.... Try life with **FIVE** cats. Far more entertaining. Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 16, 2026 07:21 PM (ESVrU) 11
Another Best of Breed win for The Big Dummy at today's Mississippi State KC show. Nothing in the Hound Group, but Her Majesty said there's a lot of high rollers there this weekend.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 16, 2026 07:21 PM (tgvbd) ---- Congrats! Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 16, 2026 07:23 PM (ESVrU) 12
>> an extraordinary escalation in the Trump administration's clash with Democratic leaders there
The only extraordinary escalation is on Walz and Frey's part, openly calling to defy federal law. That's been settled since the Civil War. Seems like to me criminal charges are trying to send a message without invoking the IA. Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 16, 2026 07:24 PM (w6EFb) 13
Seems like to me criminal charges are trying to send a message without invoking the IA.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 16, 2026 07:24 PM (w6EFb) Yeah, this. Focus is down to just these two assholes instead of declaring war on the state of Minnesota- which probably has no idea what it's leaders are actually doing. Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 16, 2026 07:26 PM (zZu0s) 14
Long ago one of our cats discovered the doorstop in the bathroom. That was a very long day. Boing. Boing. Meow. Boing. All. morning.
Posted by: turambar at January 16, 2026 07:26 PM (Q0yOR) 15
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Another Best of Breed win for The Big Dummy at today's Mississippi State KC show. Nothing in the Hound Group, but Her Majesty said there's a lot of high rollers there this weekend. Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 16, 2026 07:21 PM (tgvbd) I have to imagine he's worth quite a lot as a stud with all of these wins. Posted by: SpeakingOf at January 16, 2026 07:26 PM (6ydKt) 16
Cafe has remained consistently Yak free.
Posted by: Ben Had at January 16, 2026 07:27 PM (0KSrI) 17
Long ago one of our cats discovered the doorstop in the bathroom. That was a very long day. Boing. Boing. Meow. Boing. All. morning.
Posted by: turambar at January 16, 2026 07:26 PM (Q0yOR) --- I have a ball with a bell in it attached to the door to my sunroom. Hexie has learned to "ring the bell" as a signal for me to let her out there. Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 16, 2026 07:29 PM (ESVrU) 18
>>Howdy. Lurking. Back surgery recovery.
>>You’re the only thing helping me recover! How's recovery going? Posted by: JackStraw at January 16, 2026 07:29 PM (viF8m) 19
Good evening everyone
Posted by: Skip at January 16, 2026 07:29 PM (Ia/+0) 20
I have to imagine he's worth quite a lot as a stud with all of these wins. Posted by: SpeakingOf at January 16, 2026 07:26 PM (6ydKt) _____________ There's a lot that goes into the suitability of a dog for stud purposes. Success in the ring is a part of that and not even the most important part. Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 16, 2026 07:30 PM (tgvbd) 21
The Golden chasing the deer in the bottom video looks like our Shelby. He probably would have been afraid of the deer, however.
He had social issues and would foam at the mouth like he had rabies with other dogs on walks. Bless his sweet heart. His best friend was a squirrel who hung out on the roof of the pool screen. They had their games. When Shelby died the squirrel missed him. Sweetest doggie ever and can't be replaced. We have grand-dogs now. Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 16, 2026 07:30 PM (WONhk) 22
turambar, have you seen Biden's Dog 's boing site?
Posted by: Ben Had at January 16, 2026 07:30 PM (0KSrI) 23
Penguins rarely "stick" the landing. Being clumsy and wingless, they can neither fly nor land gracefully.
A young penguin's body weight can be made up of over 75% poop. As it's primary diet consists of rotting regurgitated fish, a 100' radius "exclusion zone" is recommended for all observers. Posted by: Penguin Facts at January 16, 2026 07:31 PM (vFG9F) 24
Boing. Boing. Meow. Boing. All. morning.
Posted by: turambar so, like how Tyler Robinson and his furry roommate's neighbors felt Posted by: gKWVE at January 16, 2026 07:31 PM (gKWVE) 25
Another week without a sea otter. I am sad.
Posted by: nurse ratched Here ya go lovely, don't be sad https://tinyurl.com/3ru699ek Posted by: Fen at January 16, 2026 07:32 PM (ciYHQ) 26
> CBS News is reporting that the DOJ has opened an investigation into Walz and Frey.
--------- Weak sauce. Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 16, 2026 07:32 PM (U2OZr) 27
Grateful for three day weekends!
Apparently my kid had a Martin Luther King assembly today at school. They had the kids chant inclusive affirmations. Nothing about MLK's mistresses, probably for the best. Posted by: LizLem at January 16, 2026 07:32 PM (gWBY1) 28
WTF is up with Facebook? Today it declared that I had violated some community standard. I never put anything on Facebook that isn't positively vanilla with occasional unicorn farts. Then it asked me to do a selfie to confirm I was human, which I did, although I have no idea why they would want to see that. Then they declared that I was still not meeting their standards and there is no recourse whatsoever. Fuckers. No way to find out why, or who decided to blacklist me, or whatever.
So, I signed up for a brand spanking new account, with all the same damned information, and it accepted that. What in hell? Posted by: tcn in AK at January 16, 2026 07:33 PM (HnIBa) 29
22 I have not!
Posted by: turambar at January 16, 2026 07:33 PM (Q0yOR) 30
There's a lot that goes into the suitability of a dog for stud purposes. Success in the ring is a part of that and not even the most important part.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 16, 2026 07:30 PM (tgvbd) If I wanted a Borzoi one of his pups would be at the top of the list. His reputation precedes him, and I don't necessarily need a smart dog. Posted by: SpeakingOf at January 16, 2026 07:34 PM (6ydKt) 31
"Then it asked me to do a selfie to confirm I was human, which I did, although I have no idea why they would want to see that."
I don't do FB, but that would be the end. Isn't possible that you may be better of without it? Posted by: fd at January 16, 2026 07:35 PM (vFG9F) 32
If penguins weren't bad enough, stuffing them with fish, - you know that penguin's ass is going to explode.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 16, 2026 07:35 PM (BSdIE) 33
I have brother and sister kittehs . They are almost eight years old now . They used to play and sleep together up until they were five or so and then went their separate ways. Occasionally they will clean each other or the brother kitteh will push his weight around and playfully bully her.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 16, 2026 07:36 PM (KDPiq) Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 16, 2026 07:36 PM (tgvbd) 35
yo
Posted by: garrett at January 16, 2026 07:38 PM (ZcsJV) 36
34 I love reading about your dogs and all the work involved. It's very cool to hear about their winning. I cannot imagine all the work involved.
Posted by: turambar at January 16, 2026 07:38 PM (Q0yOR) 37
Cats are not evil their owners deserved it.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 16, 2026 07:38 PM (RIvkX) 38
"They had the kids chant inclusive affirmations. Nothing about MLK's mistresses, probably for the best.
Posted by: LizLem" You know who else did group chants? Posted by: fd at January 16, 2026 07:38 PM (vFG9F) 39
What in hell?
Posted by: tcn in AK at January 16, 2026 07:33 PM (HnIBa) Huh. I do not check Facebook all that often. I got community noted once for linking a Joe Rogan podcast that had that one anti-Vaxx lady, but that is about it. Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 16, 2026 07:39 PM (zZu0s) 40
For Duncanthrax. And more.
The 'more' video is good instruction for The Horde. Notice what the 'keeper' is wearing. He's prepared for the inevitable and mephitic copious cloacal eruption that is about to take place. Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 16, 2026 07:40 PM (OWvU+) 41
You know who else did group chants?
Posted by: fd at January 16, 2026 07:38 PM (vFG9F) It is pretty creepy. Keep the praying to church and God related. 'Chanting or non-Chanting?' Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 16, 2026 07:40 PM (zZu0s) 42
SanFranpsycho, the Shah really does have a plan doesn't he.
Posted by: Ben Had at January 16, 2026 07:41 PM (0KSrI) 43
What in hell?
Posted by: tcn in AK at January 16, 2026 07:33 PM (HnIBa) ==== I'm no expert but that sounds funny, like spoofing. Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 16, 2026 07:41 PM (RIvkX) 44
CBS News is reporting that the DOJ has opened an investigation into Walz and Frey.
- Great. Because the courts can be trusted to fix things. Posted by: Methos at January 16, 2026 07:41 PM (vSvIl) 45
Leftys love their chants. It affirms that one is of the body.
Posted by: fd at January 16, 2026 07:42 PM (vFG9F) Posted by: runner at January 16, 2026 07:42 PM (g47mK) 47
tcn, just wanted to say Hello to the both of you.
Posted by: Ben Had at January 16, 2026 07:42 PM (0KSrI) 48
In cat mythology, a good cat is reincarnated as a panda. A bad cat as a dog.
Posted by: Accomack at January 16, 2026 07:43 PM (KQ27X) 49
SanFranpsycho, the Shah really does have a plan doesn't he.
Posted by: Ben Had at January 16, 2026 07:41 PM (0KSrI) ==== I am so emotionally overwrought about it and just don't know. I feel like I'm pregnant. How are you managing? Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 16, 2026 07:43 PM (RIvkX) 50
The Justice Department is investigating Minnesota officials, including Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, over an alleged conspiracy to impede federal immigration agents
Translation: DEI hires Patel and Bondi aren't going to do anything but by declaring an "investigation" they can duck questions and responsibility by saying "I can't comment on an active investigation" Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 16, 2026 07:43 PM (a4flb) 51
I will never understand how a bird decided to go live in ice cold water.
Posted by: Skip at January 16, 2026 07:43 PM (Ia/+0) 52
"to confirm I was human, which I did, although I have no idea why they would want to see that."
To make you jump through hoops. Sounds like you're a victim of Profile Mining. Some leftist scrolled through your history and reported offense over something you posted ages ago without incident. And if you've identified as anything to the right of Hillary Clinton, the mods decided you're a subhuman who can be discarded without any sense of fairness. Posted by: Fen at January 16, 2026 07:44 PM (ciYHQ) 53
So, I signed up for a brand spanking new account, with all the same damned information, and it accepted that.
Posted by: tcn in AK A brand new spanking account? Please forward subscription details at once if you please! Posted by: Tonypete at January 16, 2026 07:44 PM (cYBz/) Posted by: Ben Had at January 16, 2026 07:45 PM (0KSrI) 55
Please forward subscription details at once if you please!
Posted by: Tonypete at January 16, 2026 07:44 PM Are you interested in being the spanker or the spankee? Asking for The Horde. Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 16, 2026 07:46 PM (OWvU+) 56
"Another dog podcast. A dogcast. This better not be AI."
-------- Wasn't long before they became real. Posted by: javems at January 16, 2026 07:47 PM (eOBvG) 57
Scottish highlands
via wandertravel == Read last night that when the electrons were shut down in Iran all the chatter in Scotland about Independent Scotland stopped. 🍒funny thing Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 16, 2026 07:48 PM (3UR/I) 58
Hello, Horde! 😊♥️
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at January 16, 2026 07:49 PM (SRRAx) 59
Lunga, her sky gray
Posted by: Fen at January 16, 2026 07:50 PM (ciYHQ) 60
The people are going to get it done.
Posted by: Ben Had at January 16, 2026 07:45 PM (0KSrI) ==== This is my prayer Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 16, 2026 07:50 PM (RIvkX) 61
Teresa, darlin
Big hug to the both of you. Posted by: Ben Had at January 16, 2026 07:50 PM (0KSrI) 62
Notice what the 'keeper' is wearing. He's prepared for the inevitable and mephitic copious cloacal eruption that is about to take place. - Duncanthrax
Rolls eyes and shakes head For God's sake, Ace, throw the man a bat or something. Posted by: Paco at January 16, 2026 07:54 PM (2L+MU) Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 16, 2026 07:56 PM (zZu0s) 64
If I were a cassowary,
In the plains of Timbuctoo, I would eat a missionary, Hat and coat and hymn-book, too. https://shorturl.at/BN5sc Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 16, 2026 07:56 PM (ULPxl) 65
Aetius, scritches for Reef
Posted by: Ben Had at January 16, 2026 07:56 PM (0KSrI) 66
I live the dog podcast
Posted by: Skip at January 16, 2026 07:57 PM (Ia/+0) 67
That waterfall up top looks like a long white dress on a curvy woman.
Posted by: Bulg at January 16, 2026 07:57 PM (77rzZ) 68
Aetius, scritches for Reef
Posted by: Ben Had at January 16, 2026 07:56 PM (0KSrI) Hell enjoy. Its been a bit too chilly and me working too much to get him out to the dog park to run. Might have to go Sunday no matter what temp. He has too much energy. Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 16, 2026 07:59 PM (zZu0s) 69
The sole purpose of my FB account is so Her Majesty can send me recipe videos.
Just use a text message? Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at January 16, 2026 07:59 PM (XMwZJ) 70
23 A young penguin's body weight can be made up of over 75% poop.
Not unlike the body weight of the individuals who comprise the General Secretariat of the Union of Soviet Socialist Spheniscidaphobes. Posted by: Paco at January 16, 2026 08:00 PM (2L+MU) 71
That waterfall up top looks like a long white dress on a curvy woman.
Posted by: Bulg at January 16, 2026 07:57 PM (77rzZ) Or a big alien spider web with a victim laying in it. Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 16, 2026 08:00 PM (snZF9) 72
spanking new comes before
tanning hide Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 16, 2026 08:01 PM (3UR/I) 73
That waterfall up top looks like a long white dress on a curvy woman.
Posted by: Bulg at January 16, 2026 07:57 PM (77rzZ) Or a big alien spider web with a victim laying in it. Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 16, 2026 08:00 PM (snZF9) --- *** Shelob has entered the chat. *** Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 16, 2026 08:02 PM (ESVrU) 74
18 >>Howdy. Lurking. Back surgery recovery.
>>You’re the only thing helping me recover! How's recovery going? Posted by: JackStraw at January 16, 2026 07:29 PM (viF8m It’s going well except I’m getting stir crazy. It wasn’t as bad as I thought it would be, but I was on oxy for a week and now it’s sore, but not excruciating. You aren’t supposed to take NSAIDs due to their retarding bone growth—I have a graft for eventual fusion L4-5. Not even think of asking for an Oxy refill for fear they note my chart as a User and Abuser. I have used opioids for about 6 procedures in my life, never abused them. But regulators have the doc’s in a tizzy. Can’t drive or work for three weeks, but over next three months, should be close to normal. If you need a one level fusion, especially, go for it! It’s not that bad pain wise, just have to wait around to heal and do daily walking which is not bad. Posted by: Henry at January 16, 2026 08:03 PM (tWkg3) 75
How is everyone this Friday?
Posted by: Piper at January 16, 2026 08:03 PM (OoFl2) Posted by: Ben Had at January 16, 2026 08:04 PM (0KSrI) 77
Lathering the youngest marmot's belly is still a time honored tradition when a ship crosses the International Date Line.
Posted by: The UK Navy at January 16, 2026 08:04 PM (IHr58) 78
How is everyone this Friday?
Posted by: Piper at January 16, 2026 08:03 PM (OoFl2) Pretty good. 'She put him out like the burning end of a midnight cigarette' is a good song lyric. Kind of gives that sense of cutting a puppets strings. Dousing a fire. Good stuff. Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 16, 2026 08:05 PM (zZu0s) 79
72 Well, aren’t you the cheerful one.
Posted by: Bulg at January 16, 2026 08:05 PM (77rzZ) 80
Try life with **FIVE** cats. Far more entertaining.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel We watched a friend's house while they were away 2 weeks. They had a rat infestation. And every night around 8pm the rats from the west side of the house would meet the east side for playful skirmish. Yes, we videotaped it all and set it to the musical score. Funniest bit was a rat my wife named "Spider". He would inch up the door jam about a foot off the ground and hang there, waiting for an unsuspecting rodent to wander underneath Posted by: Fen at January 16, 2026 08:05 PM (ciYHQ) 81
They wrote Eddie Murphy as the Marine Biologist in
The Voyage Home I guess they could not afford the $$$$ Posted by: r hennigantx at January 16, 2026 08:06 PM (gbOdA) 82
74 I did NOT need to read that. Nope.
Posted by: turambar at January 16, 2026 08:07 PM (Q0yOR) 83
76 Hey, Piper. I’m great. How are you?
Posted by: Bulg at January 16, 2026 08:07 PM (77rzZ) 84
Does Shelob-sama ever get... frisky?
Posted by: Japan at January 16, 2026 08:07 PM (gKWVE) 85
79 How is everyone this Friday?
Honestly ? Watching it all fall to shit as I thought it would. Posted by: Howdy at January 16, 2026 08:05 PM (REOC I am reminded that God’s timeline is not always our timeline. Posted by: Piper at January 16, 2026 08:08 PM (OoFl2) 86
If you need a one level fusion, especially, go for it! It’s not that bad pain wise, just have to wait around to heal and do daily walking which is not bad.
Posted by: Henry at January 16, 2026 08:03 PM (tWkg3) Wearing that donut around your neck for a month ain't no fun either. Posted by: javems at January 16, 2026 08:08 PM (eOBvG) 87
85 76 Hey, Piper. I’m great. How are you?
Posted by: Bulg at January 16, 2026 08:07 I am well, thank you! I woke up today, that is always a great place to start! Posted by: Piper at January 16, 2026 08:09 PM (OoFl2) 88
I guess they could not afford the $$$$
Posted by: r hennigantx at January 16, 2026 08:06 PM (gbOdA) That would have changed the complexion (heh) of the movie a lot. Taken it more to overt comedy. I don't think it would have worked as well. Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 16, 2026 08:09 PM (zZu0s) 89
One of them nested in a window sill sash that looked on to DC and "sang" about finding a better life. We named him Feifel haha
Posted by: Fen at January 16, 2026 08:11 PM (ciYHQ) 90
About to call it a night, no reason need to be up early but probably will
Have a good night everyone Posted by: Skip at January 16, 2026 08:11 PM (Ia/+0) 91
Does Shelob-sama ever get... frisky?
Posted by: Japan at January 16, 2026 08:07 PM I'm interested in that, as well. Posted by: Kyrsten S. at January 16, 2026 08:12 PM (OWvU+) 92
How is everyone this Friday?
Posted by: Piper Got through 2 med checks for relatives without 'incident,' so pretty good. Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 16, 2026 08:12 PM (mlg/3) 93
89 Amen, dear lady.
Posted by: Bulg at January 16, 2026 08:12 PM (77rzZ) 94
>>If you need a one level fusion, especially, go for it! It’s not that bad pain wise, just have to wait around to heal and do daily walking which is not bad.
I skipped 1 and went right to 2. Posted by: JackStraw at January 16, 2026 08:12 PM (viF8m) 95
80 How is everyone this Friday?
Posted by: Piper at January 16, 2026 08:03 PM (OoFl2) Pretty good. 'She put him out like the burning end of a midnight cigarette' is a good song lyric. Kind of gives that sense of cutting a puppets strings. Dousing a fire. Good stuff. Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 16 I go back and forth on that song. Sometimes I think the lyrics are amazingly soul crushing, and then I think it’s a little over the top. Maybe because I am not really a big country music fan? In the alternative it could be because I am fickle. Posted by: Piper at January 16, 2026 08:12 PM (OoFl2) 96
Star Trek is on. It's the one where Spock goes into heat.
Posted by: fd at January 16, 2026 08:13 PM (vFG9F) Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 16, 2026 08:14 PM (mlg/3) 98
94 Got through 2 med checks for relatives without 'incident,' so pretty good.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at January Yay! That is good. Posted by: Piper at January 16, 2026 08:14 PM (Wmg4n) Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at January 16, 2026 08:14 PM (sn5xH) 100
Star Trek is on. It's the one where Spock goes into heat.
Posted by: fd at January 16, 2026 08:13 PM Pon Farr. He experiences Pon Farr. Posted by: Wesley Crusher at January 16, 2026 08:15 PM (OWvU+) 101
Maybe because I am not really a big country music fan? In the alternative it could be because I am fickle.
Posted by: Piper at January 16, 2026 08:12 PM (OoFl2) I think the video is the problem. The song by itself, you can have sympathy for both. Hell you can think it is about one dude and another lady (different relationship.) The thing is, the video just makes the woman a straight up whore. Directed and starred(?) In by Ricky Schroeder, btw. And the video is so over the top I was thinking it was like Saw: Country Song edition. Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 16, 2026 08:15 PM (zZu0s) Posted by: Jeans Loop Pickard at January 16, 2026 08:17 PM (mlg/3) 103
Farr experiencing Pon
Posted by: Bulg at January 16, 2026 08:18 PM (77rzZ) 104
Vulcan are a bit ridiculous when you think about it. All that commitment to logic and they're pretty much just a repressed species that went full Romulan anyway.
At least the Klingons embraced their Stupid Posted by: Fen at January 16, 2026 08:19 PM (ciYHQ) Posted by: Ben Had at January 16, 2026 08:20 PM (0KSrI) 106
Wearing that donut around your neck for a month ain't no fun either.
Posted by: javems at January 16, 2026 08:08 PM (eOBvG) I needed a multilevel cervical fusion but the doc said not to do it, I was so bad, he had nothing to anchor the fused areas to! Luckily, the pain subsided after about a year which I thought was strange. Apparently, if you can stop moving the neck and irritating the nerves, it can calm down. I got lucky. I was miserable for a year. If anyone wants to know more about my experience, and there were some unpleasant surprises, that won’t be a problem longer term, feel free to email me in my nic. Posted by: Henry at January 16, 2026 08:20 PM (tWkg3) 107
Wearing that donut around your neck for a month ain't no fun either.
Posted by: javems at January 16, 2026 08:08 PM (eOBvG) --- Is it better or worse than the "cone of shame"? Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 16, 2026 08:23 PM (ESVrU) 108
> How is everyone this Friday?
------------- Dry. Mostly warm. Playing "whack a cat" as they go in and out, in and out, in and out. It's cold and rainy, so they keep this up thinking it'll change on one of the "outs." Spoiler: It won't. Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 16, 2026 08:23 PM (U2OZr) 109
Spock’s greatest line about Love, and Loss, and about Having being not nearly as good as Desiring:
“It is not Logical. But it is very often True.” Posted by: Tom Servo at January 16, 2026 08:23 PM (hxusQ) 110
I skipped 1 and went right to 2.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 16, 2026 08:12 PM (viF8m) I didn’t mean to imply multiple level fusion was bad, by the way. It’s just I only experienced a one level lumbar fusion. How was yours? Did it heal up well? I think I need to do some PT as well as walking. Posted by: Henry at January 16, 2026 08:24 PM (tWkg3) 111
Spock, give me a readout!
We appear to be orbiting around large pair of boobs belonging to the Sweeney System, Captain. Posted by: Bulg at January 16, 2026 08:24 PM (77rzZ) 112
Whoot!
Just got home. Took myself to Happy Hour on the waterfront. My boat ride home was gorgeous. Walked to the beach to see the sunset. Tomorrow my oldest is taking me to the Seahawks game!!!! GO HAWKS! Posted by: nurse ratched at January 16, 2026 08:25 PM (IhIKR) Posted by: Tom Servo at January 16, 2026 08:26 PM (hxusQ) 114
We appear to be orbiting around large pair of boobs belonging to the Sweeney System, Captain.
Posted by: Bulg at January 16, 2026 08:24 PM (77rzZ) ---- Heh. That reminds me of the Bloom County comic strips where Cutter John and his crew would cruise around in his "Star Chair" the USS Enterpoop, looking for the naughty sorority girls of planet Playtex or whatever. Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 16, 2026 08:27 PM (ESVrU) 115
100 I am reminded that God’s timeline is not always our timeline.
Thats a thing. But if that really is "just the thing" ? I don't feel any better that my ant farm might get shook. Posted by: Howdy at January 16, 2026 Oh it could for sure, but God isn’t going to give us anything he can’t handle. We just have to do our part, to the best of our abilities. Posted by: Piper at January 16, 2026 08:27 PM (Wmg4n) 116
"I think the video is the problem"
The worst is that feminist anthem: All day, every day, therapist, mother, maid Nymph, then a virgin, nurse, then a servant Just an appendage, live to attend him So that he never lifts a finger 24/7 baby machine So he can live out his picket-fence dreams It's not an act of love if you make her You make me do too much labour It's just going to create yet another generation of bitter angry fat disgusting women. Men account for 90% of workplace deaths but you were expected to give emotional support, you poor dear. So oppressed. Vomit Posted by: Fen at January 16, 2026 08:29 PM (ciYHQ) 117
>>How was yours? Did it heal up well?
I think I need to do some PT as well as walking. Yea, all good. Definitely do the PT. Stretching and walking make a big difference. Posted by: JackStraw at January 16, 2026 08:30 PM (viF8m) 118
At least the Klingons embraced their Stupid
Posted by: Fen at January 16, 2026 08:19 PM (ciYHQ) Even the Klingons are busy overthinking and being audacious by being calculating. And then chewing the scenery when they should have been shooting everyone in the face. Posted by: Kindltot at January 16, 2026 08:31 PM (rbvCR) 119
Like Peterson says - they live in the wealthiest nation in the history of mankind, at a time when women enjoy more rights and privileges than they have ever known. And they bask in bitterness
Posted by: Fen at January 16, 2026 08:32 PM (ciYHQ) 120
>>> pacing her apartment, leaving WH staff voicemails, throwing laptops against the wall. Full blown meltdown. This will be rich 🤣
https://x.com/i/status/2012276863561871764 Posted by: MikeN --- Because Tucker's tie is longer than the presidents? Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 16, 2026 08:33 PM (3UR/I) 121
Ace absolutely losing her shit! Furiously pacing her apartment, leaving WH staff voicemails, throwing laptops against the wall. Full blown meltdown. This will be rich 🤣
https://x.com/i/status/2012276863561871764 Posted by: MikeN at January 16, 2026 08:27 PM (PsdqP) The word is that Trump deposited all the money he got from the sale of the Venezuelan oil, so far, in the only banks where the courts won't seize it for application against Venezuela's massive overseas debts: Doha Qatar. Posted by: Kindltot at January 16, 2026 08:34 PM (rbvCR) 122
Spock is half Vulcan and half Man and hung like a tuna can.
Stonn is 100% Vulcan all the way and hung like a donkey. Posted by: T'Pring, Needing A Big One at January 16, 2026 08:34 PM (R/m4+) 123
Bitter people will be bitter
Happy people will be happy Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 16, 2026 08:35 PM (3UR/I) 124
guess we know MikeN's X handle
Taco Breath @troubadour210 Loomer absolutely losing her shit rn. Furiously pacing her apartment, leaving WH staff voicemails, throwing laptops against the wall. Full blown meltdown. Turning on notifications, this will be rich 🤣 Jan 16, 2026 · 9:36 PM UTC Posted by: Japan at January 16, 2026 08:37 PM (gKWVE) 125
My idea of the eternally aggressive aliens are the Kzin as imaged by Dean Ing and Jerry Pournelle.
Much more fun than those constipated Klingons. Posted by: Kindltot at January 16, 2026 08:38 PM (rbvCR) 126
The word is that Trump deposited all the money he got from the sale of the Venezuelan oil, so far, in the only banks where the courts won't seize it for application against Venezuela's massive overseas debts: Doha Qatar.
Posted by: Kindltot --- Good, they want money they can go get it. We're not handing over our hard (and they worked for it) earned (took a lot of investment) money. Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 16, 2026 08:38 PM (3UR/I) 127
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 16, 2026 08:26 PM (hxusQ)
Yeah 'princess bride' was terrible and I'm sorry I watched as much of it as I did when I was a kid. At least the headspace I've reserved for Mel Brooks and Python wasn't wasted. Posted by: Japan at January 16, 2026 08:39 PM (gKWVE) 128
When my older girl was little, I got sick of Frozen music.
With my younger one, it's K-Pop Demon Hunters. I can tell I'm gonna be hearing these songs for years. Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 16, 2026 08:39 PM (BI5O2) Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at January 16, 2026 08:40 PM (syz1S) Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at January 16, 2026 08:42 PM (syz1S) 131
There's a very good explanation for why we have AWFLs.
Short version: displacement of maternal instinct https://tinyurl.com/yrr6a5jd Posted by: Fen at January 16, 2026 08:43 PM (ciYHQ) 132
Puggle may refer to the name given to a juvenile echidna or platypus, specifically, the period between hatching and weaning.
They really are freaks, aren't they? Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at January 16, 2026 08:45 PM (syz1S) 133
Good, they want money they can go get it. We're not handing over our hard (and they worked for it) earned (took a lot of investment) money.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 16, 2026 08:38 PM (3UR/I) I don't think Trump likes banks, and he has said his intention is that money is to be used to rebuild Venezuela. Mostly with US contractors and suppliers, but not at NGO or USAID pricing. If the courts seize the money for debt then the road to renewal for Venezuela is impossibly long. And they aren't going to get debt forgiveness from the World Bank or the IMF because unlike Somalia, Venezuela still has resources and assets. Posted by: Kindltot at January 16, 2026 08:46 PM (rbvCR) 134
Puggle may refer to the name given to a juvenile echidna or platypus, specifically, the period between hatching and weaning.
They really are freaks, aren't they? Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at January 16, 2026 08:45 PM (syz1S) --- Absolute proof that God has a sense of humor. Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 16, 2026 08:47 PM (ESVrU) 135
With my younger one, it's K-Pop Demon Hunters. I can tell I'm gonna be hearing these songs for years.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 16, 2026 08:39 PM (BI5O2) In the West coast they are called "K-Soda Demon Hunters" (In the deep south they get called K-Coke Demon Hunters) Posted by: Kindltot at January 16, 2026 08:48 PM (rbvCR) 136
8 Stilll. Another week without a sea otter.
I am sad. Posted by: nurse ratched at January 16, 2026 07:19 PM (1U0OF) Maybe this will cheer you up. https://youtube.com/shorts/E7ITH2Se2g8 Posted by: tankdemon at January 16, 2026 08:49 PM (nYv2H) 137
Doubling down on penguin content is always in style and is the hallmark of sophistication and good taste.
Posted by: Arbiter of Beauty And Taste! at January 16, 2026 08:50 PM (oftw2) 138
And they aren't going to get debt forgiveness from the World Bank or the IMF because unlike Somalia, Venezuela still has resources and assets.
Posted by: Kindltot -- Banks like raping and pillaging they just do it in a different way. Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 16, 2026 08:51 PM (3UR/I) 139
I’m not much for Country music, but if I was gonna pick one that I absolutely adore, it’s Robert Earl Keen, jr and “The Road goes on Forever and the Party Never Ends.”
That’s like an entire Miami Vice episode in 5 minutes. Posted by: Tom Servo at January 16, 2026 08:53 PM (hxusQ) 140
My parents were going to rent me out for stud purposes, but I decided to go out on my own and do it for free.
Posted by: Ricardo Romantico at January 16, 2026 08:53 PM (oftw2) 141
Maybe this will cheer you up.
https://youtube.com/shorts/E7ITH2Se2g8 Posted by: tankdemon Thank you! She was preggers and defending her territory. Smelly surfers need to back off! Posted by: nurse ratched at January 16, 2026 08:57 PM (qDWYL) Posted by: Kindltot at January 16, 2026 08:57 PM (rbvCR) 143
>>Bullshit. We have AWFLS because of the old school Boomer thing about how no man should ever hit a woman.
That little bit of morality goes back a lot further than boomers. But you are free to swing away, nobody is stopping you. Posted by: JackStraw at January 16, 2026 08:58 PM (viF8m) 144
>>>We have AWFLS because of the old school Boomer thing about how no man should ever hit a woman.
Not hitting women is not just a Boomer thing. It has long been a tenet of Western Civilization. Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at January 16, 2026 08:58 PM (syz1S) 145
Bitter people will be bitter
Happy people will be happy Posted by: Braenyard Witnessed it first-hand. Had a black NCO in my unit. Locked on and squared away. 4.8/4.9 pro/cons. Meritorious promotions. Someone you would want on your 6 if you made contact with enemy. And then, in the space of 6 months, it all went to sht I'm packing up his personal effects because he's going to Leavenworth and what do I find? All these black power magazines, angry black men on every cover, filled with poisonous propaganda about how he was oppressed by whites. Full of bitterness that ate away at him like a Cancer Posted by: Fen at January 16, 2026 09:00 PM (ciYHQ) 146
Now imagine that first penguin exploding thru the air with a two foot long trail of undigested fish feces.
Mama and Papa penguin don't stuff their babies with eight fish at at time. That poor baby chick is obese. Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 16, 2026 09:01 PM (BSdIE) 147
Writing advice: sullen and bitter are redundant?
Posted by: Fen at January 16, 2026 09:04 PM (ciYHQ) 148
Full of bitterness that ate away at him like a Cancer
Posted by: Fen at January 16, 2026 09:00 PM (ciYHQ) There’s something to be said about being educated in the classics; somebody should have shown him Othello before it was too late. Posted by: Tom Servo at January 16, 2026 09:06 PM (hxusQ) 149
Mama and Papa penguin don't stuff their babies with eight fish at at time. That poor baby chick is obese.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone What does a Reverend know about the care and feeding of penguins? Stick to your lane, Rev! Posted by: Plus-Sized Penguins Everywhere at January 16, 2026 09:08 PM (oftw2) 150
That little bit of morality goes back a lot further than boomers. But you are free to swing away, nobody is stopping you.
Posted by: JackStraw And it's not just about women. It's why so many men are gentle giants - if a little soyboy is yapping and poking they're biggest fear is killing the twerp by accident. The proper use of force is part of Manhood 101. Women are being hit with disproportionate force because they've been abusing that principle, using it against good men who have had enough of that bs Posted by: Fen at January 16, 2026 09:12 PM (ciYHQ) 151
152 Not hitting women is not just a Boomer thing. It has long been a tenet of Western Civilization.” It oft ‘‘twas a rule more observed in the breech”. Posted by: Tom Servo at January 16, 2026 09:12 PM (hxusQ) Posted by: IrishEi at January 16, 2026 09:13 PM (3ImbR) 153
"There’s something to be said about being educated in the classics; somebody should have shown him Othello before it was too late."
Ouch. That's probably on me. I didn't know what to do. Leadership is hard. Posted by: Fen at January 16, 2026 09:14 PM (ciYHQ) 154
Oh please. If a woman is womanly you should get your finger cut off for striking her. But a if a woman is manly, you should be allowed to drop her.
Ferpetessakes. We go to work and war and farming and all kinds of lame shit like that so women can prance around in sundresses and hang out in drawing rooms sipping tea, and then they want to also do street fighting, but without being hit back, either. One or the other ladies. Sundresses and tea rooms, or street fights and early mortality. Your choice. Choose wisely. Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 16, 2026 09:15 PM (BI5O2) 155
Check out DataRepublican's X feed. She's on the case of hose the Somali's get money out of the country. It's a Muzzie non-banking banking system called "hawala". Because the transfers are usually only one-way, it means suitcases of cash have to be transferred out of the country. They did that. COvid fucked that, and turns out some banks started helping them. You might think some of that might run afoul of banking laws and regulations. It likely does. And guess what? Some of those MN politicians helped get Biden admin to ease up on some of those regulations.... Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 16, 2026 09:15 PM (w6EFb) 156
I'm watching a new episode of "The UnXplained" and William Shatner is but a shriveled husk of his former self. He looks like geriatric Jimmy Carter. I don't like it.
#BringBackFatner Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 16, 2026 09:27 PM (kpS4V) 157
Ferpetessakes. We go to work and war and farming and all kinds of lame shit like that so women can prance around in sundresses and hang out in drawing rooms sipping tea, and then they want to also do street fighting, but without being hit back, either.
One or the other ladies. Sundresses and tea rooms, or street fights and early mortality. Your choice. Choose wisely. Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice Bill Burr called this Equal Rights Ala Carte. Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at January 16, 2026 09:27 PM (sn5xH) 158
Lull?
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 16, 2026 09:27 PM (zZu0s) 159
Wait, did Shat go on Ozempic?
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 16, 2026 09:28 PM (zZu0s) 160
162 I'm watching a new episode of "The UnXplained" and William Shatner is but a shriveled husk of his former self. He looks like geriatric Jimmy Carter. I don't like it.
#BringBackFatner Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes Eh, give the guy a break. He's 94 and still working in entertainment. Good for him! Posted by: Puddleglum at work at January 16, 2026 09:31 PM (hybOl) 161
When four and ninety years YOU reach -
Posted by: Yoda at January 16, 2026 09:32 PM (gKWVE) Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 16, 2026 09:36 PM (2Ez/1) 163
I love The Shat!
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 16, 2026 09:37 PM (kpS4V) Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at January 16, 2026 09:37 PM (0aYVJ) Posted by: nurse ratched at January 16, 2026 09:37 PM (IhIKR) 166
Happy Friday!
Posted by: Iris at January 16, 2026 09:40 PM (bOJ2I) 167
So it’s ok to tee off on women now?
Posted by: nurse ratched you'd think some men would have better uses for their balls and shaft Posted by: gKWVE at January 16, 2026 09:41 PM (gKWVE) Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 16, 2026 09:42 PM (Wnv9h) 169
So it’s ok to tee off on women now?
Posted by: nurse ratched ---------- Guys are just venting frustration at the AWFLs. Can't say I blame them, really. Those bishes *do* deserve a pounding IMO. I'd PPV to see them get it. Me? Never got to do the "sundresses and tea room" thang, but that doesn't mean I want street fighting either. It's a sad fact that I had to become more of a man than half the "men" I worked with. Ugh. Posted by: JQ at January 16, 2026 09:43 PM (rdVOm) 170
171 Wow.
So it’s ok to tee off on women now? Posted by: nurse ratched at January 16, 2026 09:37 PM (IhIKR) I'm guessing that for a sizeable number this has always been the case. Of course, the are all losers with very small penises. You are a nurse. Look around. Posted by: tcn in AK at January 16, 2026 09:46 PM (6Bc88) 171
Well, I'm going to do what I always do in these situations, and go watch Cobra.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 16, 2026 09:46 PM (BI5O2) 172
So it’s ok to tee off on women now?
Posted by: nurse ratched No, the argument is whether men should use disproportionate force in RESPONSE to violence from women. Most of us don't think so, but it's not unreasonable. If I pick a fight with someone like Larry Corriea, who plays an OpFor chew toy for SWAT for fun, I kinda have a beatdown coming. It's really up to him to be merciful. Posted by: Fen at January 16, 2026 09:50 PM (ciYHQ) 173
If the woman attacks all bets are off.
Posted by: tcn in AK at January 16, 2026 09:52 PM (6Bc88) 174
Howdy gone bye. Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at January 16, 2026 09:53 PM (krI25) 175
I'm pretty sure the rules of engagement with women is don't be a shit and you won't get shit on. Not sure why these lesbian idiots think they can attack with impunity. I do think they were raised wrong (lesbian) and they don't know what they are up to (terrorism), and that they need a lesson or two. Sometimes life lessons hurt, sometimes physically.
If a woman slaps DH, he is most likely to grab a wrist and make it clear that it is that last time that happens. Others might not show such restraint. Posted by: tcn in AK at January 16, 2026 09:54 PM (6Bc88) 176
Likewise, the Constitution says we have the right to peaceably assemble. It says nothing about rioting, assault, battery, or overwhelming noise. Those are crimes. The sooner we start prosecuting them in MN the better.
Posted by: tcn in AK at January 16, 2026 09:56 PM (6Bc88) 177
I slapped XH once. Backhanded. Hard. He didn't hit me back although I expected him to do so.
*shrugs* Got even with him-- let his GF have him. Posted by: JQ at January 16, 2026 09:56 PM (rdVOm) Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 16, 2026 09:56 PM (pkeXY) Posted by: mindful webworker - and away we go at January 16, 2026 09:57 PM (FMpsC) 180
Lull?
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone Speaking for myself I am considering my choices and I think I've decided on wearing a sundress in case a fight breaks out at the tearoom and my mortality becomes longer or shorter than I planned. Posted by: old chick at January 16, 2026 09:58 PM (F3Dlr) 181
It is like coed leagues. Once you step on the ice you are not a girl or a boy. You are a hockey player.
Posted by: tcn in AK at January 16, 2026 10:01 PM (6Bc88) 182
Once you step on the ice you are not a girl or a boy. You are a hockey player.
Posted by: tcn in AK ------- Agree. Posted by: JQ at January 16, 2026 10:02 PM (rdVOm) 183
Well, Facebook is a no go. There is no way to speak to a real person to figure out why they kicked me out.
First they said my ads violated their policies. I never posted any ads, and I don't have a business account with them. Then they said I had violated their community guidelines. I guess somebody didn't like my fondue recipe? Fuckers. Posted by: tcn in AK at January 16, 2026 10:03 PM (6Bc88) Posted by: mindful webworker - Dave's not here at January 16, 2026 10:03 PM (FMpsC) 185
When the boy was in 8 and under hockey, and they came to photo day, the kids took of helmets. Most of the boys were aghast to discover that there was a girl playing with them. But they boy figured it out and said, "That's not a girl, that's just Audrey!"
Posted by: tcn in AK at January 16, 2026 10:04 PM (6Bc88) 186
It is like coed leagues. Once you step on the ice you are not a girl or a boy. You are a hockey player.
Not how it was in our coed leagues. You took care not to break the girls. Posted by: t-bird at January 16, 2026 10:05 PM (qoUKC) 187
RMBS: How's life? Hope you and your mom are well.
Posted by: Iris at January 16, 2026 10:05 PM (bOJ2I) 188
It's another responsibility that men have - if i knock out some punk and on his way to the ground his skull intersects with a bench and snaps his neck, Im going away for involuntary manslaughter.
With power comes responsibility Women cant even take responsibility for the reproductive choices they make before choosing to murder life. Posted by: Fen at January 16, 2026 10:07 PM (ciYHQ) 189
TJ Hooker is on Roku, Frndly and TUBI
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 16, 2026 09:56 PM (pkeXY) --- Yet one more IP Hollywood can ruin through a remake... Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 16, 2026 10:13 PM (ESVrU) Trump Proposes Rule to Make Big Pharma Sell Its Drugs to Americans at Same Price They Sell It To Europeans, Reducing Drug Costs by Up to 90%
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Paul Anka Haiku Contest Announcement Integrity SAT's: Entrance Exam for Paul Anka's Band AllahPundit's Paul Anka 45's Collection AnkaPundit: Paul Anka Takes Over the Site for a Weekend (Continues through to Monday's postings) George Bush Slices Don Rumsfeld Like an F*ckin' Hammer Top Top Tens
Democratic Forays into Erotica New Shows On Gore's DNC/MTV Network Nicknames for Potatoes, By People Who Really Hate Potatoes Star Wars Euphemisms for Self-Abuse Signs You're at an Iraqi "Wedding Party" Signs Your Clown Has Gone Bad Signs That You, Geroge Michael, Should Probably Just Give It Up Signs of Hip-Hop Influence on John Kerry NYT Headlines Spinning Bush's Jobs Boom Things People Are More Likely to Say Than "Did You Hear What Al Franken Said Yesterday?" Signs that Paul Krugman Has Lost His Frickin' Mind All-Time Best NBA Players, According to Senator Robert Byrd Other Bad Things About the Jews, According to the Koran Signs That David Letterman Just Doesn't Care Anymore Examples of Bob Kerrey's Insufferable Racial Jackassery Signs Andy Rooney Is Going Senile Other Judgments Dick Clarke Made About Condi Rice Based on Her Appearance Collective Names for Groups of People John Kerry's Other Vietnam Super-Pets Cool Things About the XM8 Assault Rifle Media-Approved Facts About the Democrat Spy Changes to Make Christianity More "Inclusive" Secret John Kerry Senatorial Accomplishments John Edwards Campaign Excuses John Kerry Pick-Up Lines Changes Liberal Senator George Michell Will Make at Disney Torments in Dog-Hell Greatest Hitjobs
The Ace of Spades HQ Sex-for-Money Skankathon A D&D Guide to the Democratic Candidates Margaret Cho: Just Not Funny More Margaret Cho Abuse Margaret Cho: Still Not Funny Iraqi Prisoner Claims He Was Raped... By Woman Wonkette Announces "Morning Zoo" Format John Kerry's "Plan" Causes Surrender of Moqtada al-Sadr's Militia World Muslim Leaders Apologize for Nick Berg's Beheading Michael Moore Goes on Lunchtime Manhattan Death-Spree Milestone: Oliver Willis Posts 400th "Fake News Article" Referencing Britney Spears Liberal Economists Rue a "New Decade of Greed" Artificial Insouciance: Maureen Dowd's Word Processor Revolts Against Her Numbing Imbecility Intelligence Officials Eye Blogs for Tips They Done Found Us Out, Cletus: Intrepid Internet Detective Figures Out Our Master Plan Shock: Josh Marshall Almost Mentions Sarin Discovery in Iraq Leather-Clad Biker Freaks Terrorize Australian Town When Clinton Was President, Torture Was Cool What Wonkette Means When She Explains What Tina Brown Means Wonkette's Stand-Up Act Wankette HQ Gay-Rumors Du Jour Here's What's Bugging Me: Goose and Slider My Own Micah Wright Style Confession of Dishonesty Outraged "Conservatives" React to the FMA An On-Line Impression of Dennis Miller Having Sex with a Kodiak Bear The Story the Rightwing Media Refuses to Report! Our Lunch with David "Glengarry Glen Ross" Mamet The House of Love: Paul Krugman A Michael Moore Mystery (TM) The Dowd-O-Matic! Liberal Consistency and Other Myths Kepler's Laws of Liberal Media Bias John Kerry-- The Splunge! Candidate "Divisive" Politics & "Attacks on Patriotism" (very long) The Donkey ("The Raven" parody) News/Chat
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